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 24 May 2025

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05/24/2025

Average data

Episodes: 322

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:42:53

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
3	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
10	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
13	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
14	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
16	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
19	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
20	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
21	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
25	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
27	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
29	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
30	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
31	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
32	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
33	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
34	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
35	The Good Government Podcast	The Good Government Podcast	Government	27	Podbean	37
36	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
37	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
38	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
39	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
40	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
41	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
42	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
43	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
44	Big Take DC	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	90	Omny Studio	43
45	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
46	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
47	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
48	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
49	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
50	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
51	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
52	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
53	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
54	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
55	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
56	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
57	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
58	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
59	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
60	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
61	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
62	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
63	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
64	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
65	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
66	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
67	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
68	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
69	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
70	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
71	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
72	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
73	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
74	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
75	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
76	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
77	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
78	Keeping Coop in the Loop	City of Cooper City	Government	1	Buzzsprout	58
79	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
80	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
81	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
82	Behind-the-Scene @ NTSB	National Transportation Safety Board	Government & Organizations	58	Blubrry Podcasting	38
83	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
84	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
85	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
86	Reimagining Citizenship by Pantsuit Politics	Pantsuit Politics	Government	4	Substack	53
87	AIPAC	AIPAC	Government	8	Transistor	53
88	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
89	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
90	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
91	SASKIA	Sonoro	Government	39	Megaphone	63
92	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
93	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
94	ICC Pulse Podcast	International Code Council: Non-profit, building codes	Government & Organizations	66	Libsyn	58
95	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
96	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
97	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
98	Mako Minute	482d Fighter Wing	Government & Organizations	2	Unknown	43
99	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	295	Acast	48
100	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63

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