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 01 Oct 2025

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10/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 360

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:04

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
11	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
12	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
16	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
17	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
18	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
19	Life With Tori Samone	torigoldentg	Government	36	Podbean	48
20	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
21	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
23	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
25	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
26	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
29	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
31	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
32	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
33	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
34	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
35	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
36	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
37	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
38	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
39	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
40	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
41	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
42	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
43	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
44	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
45	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
46	Stark Integrity	Bob Wade	Government	214	Buzzsprout	48
47	Proof Over Precedent	Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School	Government	69	Castos	38
48	House of Lords Podcast: Lord Speaker's Corner	House of Lords	Government	58	Acast	83
49	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
50	Crawfordsville Connection	City of Crawfordsville	Government	309	Libsyn	38
51	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	19	Buzzsprout	38
52	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
53	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
54	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
55	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
56	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
57	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
58	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
59	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
60	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
61	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
62	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
63	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
64	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
65	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
66	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
67	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
68	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
69	The Game On! Glendale AZ Podcast	GlendaleAZ	Government	2	N/A	N/A
70	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
72	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
73	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
74	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
75	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
76	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
77	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
78	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
79	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
80	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
81	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
82	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
84	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	29	Simplecast	58
85	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
86	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
87	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
88	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
89	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
90	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
92	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	721	Captivate	53
93	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
94	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	292	Spreaker	49
95	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
96	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
97	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
98	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
99	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
100	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37

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