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 28 Jun 2025

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06/28/2025

Average data

Episodes: 338

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:46:52

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
11	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
13	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
14	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
17	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
18	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
20	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
21	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
22	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
24	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
25	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
27	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
28	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
30	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
31	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
33	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
34	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
35	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
36	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
37	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
38	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
39	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
40	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
41	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
42	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
43	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
44	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
45	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
46	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
47	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
48	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
49	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
50	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
51	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
52	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
53	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
54	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
55	Law for VA LEOs	E from UE	Government	135	Soundcloud	43
56	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
57	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
58	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
59	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
60	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
61	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
62	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
63	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
64	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
65	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
66	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
67	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
68	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
69	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
70	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
71	Peace & Power Israel	The Federal Newswire	Government	35	Simplecast	63
72	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
73	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
74	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
75	Why Not Me? 2028	Shana Bynon	Government	2	Buzzsprout	79
76	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
77	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
78	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
79	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
80	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
81	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
82	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
83	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
84	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
85	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
86	Kid Pro Quo	Voices for Georgia’s Children	Government	1	Podbean	63
87	SouthBound	Tommy Tomlinson	Government	20	Unknown	59
88	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
89	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
90	Gov360	Chris Mann	Government	29	Podbean	73
91	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
92	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
93	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
94	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
95	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
96	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
97	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
98	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
99	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
100	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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