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 02 oct. 2025

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10/02/2025

Average data

Episodes: 355

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:41:11

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
9	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
15	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
16	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
18	Life With Tori Samone	torigoldentg	Government	36	Podbean	48
19	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
22	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
23	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
24	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
25	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
26	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
27	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
32	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
33	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
34	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
35	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
36	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
37	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
38	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
39	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
41	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
42	Proof Over Precedent	Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School	Government	71	Castos	38
43	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
44	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
45	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
46	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	19	Buzzsprout	38
47	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
48	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
49	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
50	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
51	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
52	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
53	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
54	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
55	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	54	Unknown	38
56	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
57	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
58	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
59	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
60	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
61	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
62	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
63	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
64	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
65	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
66	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
67	Transparency Talks	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Government	11	Buzzsprout	58
68	Crawfordsville Connection	City of Crawfordsville	Government	309	Libsyn	38
69	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
70	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
71	Stark Integrity	Bob Wade	Government	214	Buzzsprout	48
72	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
73	House of Lords Podcast: Lord Speaker's Corner	House of Lords	Government	58	Acast	83
74	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
75	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
76	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
77	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
78	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
79	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
80	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
81	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
82	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
83	The Secret Life Of Cookies	The DSR Network	Government	103	Megaphone	49
84	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
85	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
86	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
88	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
89	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
90	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
91	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Government & Organizations	46	Podbean	37
92	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
93	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
94	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	721	Captivate	53
95	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
96	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
97	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
98	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	29	Simplecast	58
99	National Defense Magazine	The National Defense Magazine Staff	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	38
100	Hot Tones & Cold Cases	Goodyear Police Department	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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