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 Jun 2025

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06/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 346

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:46:04

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (4 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
3	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
10	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
11	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
13	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
15	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
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	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
20	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
23	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
25	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
27	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
28	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
29	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
30	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
31	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
32	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
33	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
34	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
35	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
36	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
37	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
38	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
39	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
41	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
42	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
43	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
44	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
45	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
46	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
47	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
48	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
49	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
50	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
51	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
52	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
53	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
54	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
55	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
56	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
57	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
58	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
59	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
60	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
61	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
62	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
63	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
64	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
65	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
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	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
68	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
69	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
70	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
71	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
72	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
73	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
74	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
75	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
76	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
77	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
78	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	Government	197	Soundcloud	38
79	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	82	Libsyn	63
80	The Builder's Remedy	BuildSD	Government	1	Acast	49
81	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
82	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
83	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
84	Law for VA LEOs	E from UE	Government	135	Soundcloud	43
85	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
86	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
87	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
88	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
89	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
90	Peace & Power Israel	The Federal Newswire	Government	35	Simplecast	63
91	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
92	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
93	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
94	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
95	Urban Planning is Not Boring	Samantha Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata	Government	53	Castos	58
96	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
97	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
98	The Elephant in the Room	SenateGOP	Government	5	Soundcloud	43
99	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
100	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43

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