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 27 May 2025

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05/27/2025

Average data

Episodes: 364

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:27

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. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	440	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	148	Megaphone	48
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2702	Megaphone	38
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1928	Megaphone	53
8	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	88	Spreaker	54
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	471	Podbean	68
13	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	910	RSS.com	42
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
16	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
17	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	92	Simplecast	52
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	382	Megaphone	53
19	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
20	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
21	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
22	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
23	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1973	BBC	43
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	150	Megaphone	43
28	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	454	Megaphone	58
29	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
30	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
31	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	155	Buzzsprout	47
32	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	267	Libsyn	58
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
34	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
35	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	469	Megaphone	49
36	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
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	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
40	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	725	Unknown	43
41	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
42	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
43	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
44	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
45	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
46	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
47	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
48	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
49	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	111	Megaphone	43
50	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	351	Libsyn	68
51	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
52	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
53	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
54	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
55	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
56	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	213	Simplecast	59
57	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
58	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
59	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	919	Megaphone	38
60	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	309	Megaphone	63
61	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
62	SASKIA	Sonoro	Government	39	Megaphone	63
63	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	62	Megaphone	73
64	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
65	Big Take DC	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	90	Omny Studio	43
66	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
67	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
68	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
69	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
70	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	920	Buzzsprout	63
71	The Merge	The Merge	Government	67	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
73	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
74	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
75	DIA Connections	Defense Intelligence Agency	Government & Organizations	43	Unknown	43
76	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
77	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	333	Simplecast	63
78	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	199	PRX	59
79	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
80	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
81	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
82	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1740	Libsyn	38
83	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
84	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
85	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1098	Megaphone	48
86	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
87	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	338	Substack	53
89	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	319	Simplecast	73
90	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
91	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
92	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
93	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	72	Unknown	43
94	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	826	Libsyn	27
95	The Convergence - The Army's Mad Scientist Podcast	The Army Mad Scientist Initiative	Government	117	Castos	62
96	One on One with Robert Doar	AEI Podcasts	Government	29	Captivate	48
97	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
98	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
99	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
100	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33

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