Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Government

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in USA

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in USA. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 23 Jun 2025

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06/23/2025

Average data

Episodes: 319

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:38

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

3. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Official FBI (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
8	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
11	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
12	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
13	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
14	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
15	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
23	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
24	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
25	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
26	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
27	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
29	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
31	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
33	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
34	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
35	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
36	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
37	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
38	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
39	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
40	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
41	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
42	Peace & Power Israel	The Federal Newswire	Government	35	Simplecast	63
43	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
44	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
45	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
46	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
47	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
48	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
49	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
50	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
51	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
52	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
54	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
55	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
56	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
57	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
58	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
59	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
60	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
61	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
62	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
63	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
64	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
65	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
66	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
67	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
68	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
69	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
70	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
71	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
72	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
73	Six One Forward	Betsy Goldstein	Government	12	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
75	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
76	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
77	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
78	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
79	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
80	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
81	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
82	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
83	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
84	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
85	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
86	SouthBound	Tommy Tomlinson	Government	20	Unknown	59
87	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
88	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
89	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
90	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
91	Lawfare No Bull	Lawfare	Government	100	Acast	43
92	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
93	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
94	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
95	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	129	Squarespace	63
96	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
97	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
98	The Reason We’re All Still Here	Jeffrey Lewis	Government	20	Transistor	79
99	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
100	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A

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