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 30 Jun 2025

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06/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 361

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:39

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. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
4	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2774	Megaphone	38
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1976	Megaphone	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
11	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
12	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
17	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
18	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
19	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
20	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
21	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
22	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
23	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
26	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
27	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
28	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
32	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
33	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
34	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
35	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
36	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
37	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
38	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
39	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
40	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
41	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
42	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
43	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	942	Megaphone	38
45	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
46	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
47	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
48	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
49	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
50	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
51	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
52	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
53	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	110	Buzzsprout	63
54	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	40	Podbean	37
55	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
56	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
57	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	941	Buzzsprout	63
58	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
59	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
60	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
61	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
63	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
64	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
65	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
66	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
67	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
68	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
69	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
70	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
71	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
72	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
73	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
74	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
75	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
76	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
77	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
78	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
79	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
80	Power Problems	Cato Institute	Government	211	Acast	43
81	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
82	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	680	Libsyn	58
84	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	Government	205	Spotify for Podcasters	22
85	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	546	Libsyn	58
86	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
87	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
88	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
89	The Smart Nonprofit Master Class	NonprofitWebsites.com	Government	17	Soundcloud	49
90	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
91	The Constitution Study podcast	Paul Engel: Author, speaker and podcaster	Government	97	Libsyn	42
92	Law for VA LEOs	E from UE	Government	135	Soundcloud	43
93	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
94	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
95	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
96	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
97	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
98	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
99	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	381	Unknown	43
100	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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