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 Nov 2025

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11/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 366

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:42:35

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 shows)

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

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

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1976	Megaphone	53
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2774	Megaphone	38
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
8	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
9	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
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	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	55	Megaphone	48
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
14	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
15	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
16	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
17	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	57	Simplecast	79
18	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
19	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
23	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
25	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
26	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
29	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
30	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
31	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
32	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
33	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
34	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
35	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
36	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
37	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
38	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
39	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
42	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
43	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
44	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
45	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
46	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	942	Megaphone	38
48	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
49	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
50	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
51	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
52	The Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife	Government	292	Soundcloud	38
53	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
54	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
55	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
56	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	941	Buzzsprout	63
57	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
58	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
59	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
61	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
62	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
63	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
64	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
65	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
66	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
67	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
68	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
69	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
70	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
71	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
72	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	241	Buzzsprout	83
73	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
74	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
75	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
77	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
78	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	94	Simplecast	52
79	EpiscoPols	The Episcopal Church	Government	26	Megaphone	89
80	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
81	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
82	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	38
83	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
84	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	60	Megaphone	38
85	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
86	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
87	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
88	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
89	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	216	Megaphone	49
90	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
91	Care for Ohio : The Podcast	Bryan Hambley	Government	0	Podbean	17
92	Wheel Talk: Navigating the Future of Bay Area Transit	San Mateo County Transit District	Government	13	Buzzsprout	38
93	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	381	Unknown	43
94	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
95	Third Due First In	3rdDue1stIn	Government	12	N/A	N/A
96	ABOTA Speaks	American Board of Trial Advocates	Government	23	RSS.com	68
98	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
99	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
100	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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