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 26 Apr 2025

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04/26/2025

Average data

Episodes: 357

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:06

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (8 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	439	Audioboom	63
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	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	2690	Megaphone	38
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1920	Megaphone	53
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
13	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
14	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
16	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
17	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
18	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
20	American Potential	American Potential	News	469	Podbean	68
21	El Podcast de Marco Antonio Regil	Sonoro \| Marco Antonio Regil	Education	454	Megaphone	38
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
23	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	154	Buzzsprout	47
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
26	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
27	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
28	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
31	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
32	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	907	RSS.com	42
33	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
34	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
35	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1740	Libsyn	38
36	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
37	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
38	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
39	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	453	Megaphone	58
40	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
41	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
42	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
43	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
44	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
45	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
46	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
47	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
48	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	198	PRX	59
49	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
50	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
51	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
53	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	317	Simplecast	73
54	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	308	Megaphone	63
55	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
56	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1094	Megaphone	48
57	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
58	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	55	Buzzsprout	48
59	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
60	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
61	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
62	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
63	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
64	The Children's Law Podcast	True North Child Advocates	Government	74	Audioboom	27
65	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
66	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
67	SASKIA	Sonoro	Government	39	Megaphone	63
68	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	110	Megaphone	43
69	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
70	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
71	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	917	Buzzsprout	63
72	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
73	Ottawa Out Loud	Ottawa County	Government	8	Buzzsprout	68
74	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
75	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	235	Omny Studio	73
76	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
77	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	724	Unknown	43
78	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
79	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
80	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
81	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
82	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	529	Libsyn	58
83	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	573	Podbean	32
84	Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Government Contractors Can’t Do Without	Crowell & Moring LLP	Government	100	Podbean	37
85	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
86	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
87	Truth Time with Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner	KBLA Talk 1580	Government	79	Spreaker	38
88	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
89	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
90	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
91	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
92	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
93	Pete Buttigieg	Sophie Westen	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	33
94	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
95	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
96	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
97	DIA Connections	Defense Intelligence Agency	Government & Organizations	43	Unknown	43
98	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
99	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
100	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38

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