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 29 Apr 2025

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04/29/2025

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Episodes: 338

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:44:21

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (2 shows)

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (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 Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
9	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
10	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
11	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
12	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
19	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
20	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
23	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
24	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
25	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
26	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
27	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
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	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
32	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
33	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
34	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
35	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
37	The Mark Belling Podcast	Mark Belling	Government	7	Futuri Media	43
38	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
39	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
40	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
41	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
42	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
43	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
44	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1735	Libsyn	43
45	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
46	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
47	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
48	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
49	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
50	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
51	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
52	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
53	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
54	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
55	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
56	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
58	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
59	SASKIA	Sonoro	Government	39	Megaphone	63
60	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
61	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
62	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
63	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
64	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
65	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
66	内部视角看中国	杜文	Government	11	Firstory	53
67	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
68	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
69	Pete Buttigieg	Sophie Westen	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	33
70	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
71	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
72	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
73	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
75	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
76	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
77	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
78	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
79	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
80	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
81	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
82	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
83	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
84	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
85	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
86	After Trump	Lawfare & Goat Rodeo	Government	9	Acast	59
87	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
88	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
89	SouthBound	Tommy Tomlinson	Government	20	Unknown	59
90	The Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife	Government	292	Soundcloud	38
91	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
92	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Omny Studio	48
93	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
95	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
96	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
97	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
98	LO AND ORDER	sebasbcounty	Government	39	Podbean	48
99	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
100	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A

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