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 31 May 2025

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05/31/2025

Average data

Episodes: 354

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:46

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
3	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
4	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
8	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
11	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
12	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
13	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
15	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
18	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
20	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
23	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
24	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
25	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
27	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
28	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
30	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
31	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
33	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
34	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
35	ICC Pulse Podcast	International Code Council: Non-profit, building codes	Government & Organizations	66	Libsyn	58
36	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
37	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
38	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
39	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
40	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
41	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
43	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
44	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
45	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
46	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
47	LARA Living Room	LARA Communications	Government	1	Buzzsprout	53
48	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
49	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
50	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
51	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
52	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
53	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
54	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
55	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
56	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
57	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
58	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
59	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
60	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
61	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	59	Buzzsprout	48
62	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
63	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
64	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
65	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
66	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
67	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	382	Unknown	43
68	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
69	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
70	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
71	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
72	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
73	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
74	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
75	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
76	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
77	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
78	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
79	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
80	This Is The Delaware Way	Rachel Krantz	Government	6	Pinecast	64
81	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
82	Pantsuits and Lawsuits with Attorneys General Kris Mayes and Dana Nessel	Attorneys General Kris Mayes & Dana Nessel	Government	23	Buzzsprout	68
83	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
84	Scope Conditions Podcast	Alan Jacobs and Yang-Yang Zhou	Government	37	Buzzsprout	67
85	Big Take, Midterms 2026	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	12	Omny Studio	48
86	Congressional Dish Details temporarily unavailable	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
87	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
89	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
90	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
91	Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History	U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	38
92	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
93	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
94	Stark Integrity	Bob Wade	Government	214	Buzzsprout	48
95	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	469	Omny Studio	59
96	State Bar of Texas Podcast	Legal Talk Network	Government	235	Megaphone	48
97	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
98	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	38
99	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	72	Libsyn	63
100	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59

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