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 25 Apr 2025

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04/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 342

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:44:51

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

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

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Unknown (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
11	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
12	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
13	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
14	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
15	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
16	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
17	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
18	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
21	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
22	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
23	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1735	Libsyn	43
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
29	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
30	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
31	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
32	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
33	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
34	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
35	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
37	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
38	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
39	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
40	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
41	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
42	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
43	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
44	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
46	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
48	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
49	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
50	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
51	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
52	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
53	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
54	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
55	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
56	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
57	Ottawa Out Loud	Ottawa County	Government	8	Buzzsprout	68
58	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
59	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
60	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
61	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
62	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
63	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
64	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
65	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
66	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
67	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
68	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
69	SASKIA	Sonoro	Government	39	Megaphone	63
70	Truth Time with Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner	KBLA Talk 1580	Government	79	Spreaker	38
71	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
72	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
73	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
74	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
75	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
76	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
77	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
78	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
79	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
80	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
81	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
82	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
83	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
84	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
85	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
86	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
87	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	Lawfare No Bull	Lawfare	Government	100	Acast	43
89	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
90	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
91	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
92	DIA Connections	Defense Intelligence Agency	Government & Organizations	43	Unknown	43
93	LO AND ORDER	sebasbcounty	Government	39	Podbean	48
94	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
95	Box Alarm - Awakening America	Curt Weldon	Government	6	Podbean	42
96	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
97	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
98	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
99	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
100	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43

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