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 May 2025

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05/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 353

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:42:31

Top 5 authors

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
2	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
3	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2747	Megaphone	38
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1958	Megaphone	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
10	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
11	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
13	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	386	Megaphone	53
15	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
16	American Potential	American Potential	News	477	Podbean	68
17	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
18	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	273	Libsyn	58
19	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
20	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
22	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
23	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
24	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
27	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
28	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
29	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
30	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	918	RSS.com	42
31	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	457	Megaphone	58
33	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1981	BBC	43
34	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
35	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
36	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
37	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
38	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
39	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
40	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
41	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
42	The Good Government Podcast	The Good Government Podcast	Government	27	Podbean	37
43	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
44	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
45	Big Take DC	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	90	Omny Studio	43
46	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
47	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
48	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
49	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
50	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
51	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	933	Megaphone	38
52	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
53	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
54	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
55	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
56	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	114	Megaphone	43
58	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
59	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
60	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1111	Megaphone	48
61	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
62	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
63	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
64	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
65	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
66	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
68	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	728	Unknown	43
69	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
70	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	215	Simplecast	59
71	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
72	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
73	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
74	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
75	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	200	PRX	59
76	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
77	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
78	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
79	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
80	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	934	Buzzsprout	63
81	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	324	Simplecast	73
82	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
83	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	577	Podbean	32
84	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	346	Substack	48
85	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
86	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
87	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
88	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
89	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	233	Libsyn	48
90	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	91	Megaphone	38
91	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	72	Libsyn	63
92	SASKIA	Sonoro	Government	39	Megaphone	63
93	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
94	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
95	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	58	Buzzsprout	48
96	Reimagining Citizenship by Pantsuit Politics	Pantsuit Politics	Government	4	Substack	53
97	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
98	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	72	Unknown	43
99	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
100	DIA Connections	Defense Intelligence Agency	Government & Organizations	43	Unknown	43

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