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 nov. 2025

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11/02/2025

Average data

Episodes: 349

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:41:13

Top 5 authors

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

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
6	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
10	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
12	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
13	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
14	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
16	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
17	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
20	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
21	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
23	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
25	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
27	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
28	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
29	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
31	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
32	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
33	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
34	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
35	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
36	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
38	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
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	313	Simplecast	73
40	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
41	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
42	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
43	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
44	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
45	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
46	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
47	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
48	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
49	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
50	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
51	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
52	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
53	The Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife	Government	292	Soundcloud	38
54	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
55	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
56	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
57	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
58	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
59	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
60	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
61	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
62	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
63	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
64	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
65	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
66	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
67	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
68	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
69	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
70	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
71	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
72	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
73	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
74	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
75	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
76	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
77	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
78	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
79	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
80	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
81	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
82	Care for Ohio : The Podcast	Bryan Hambley	Government	0	Podbean	17
83	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	FedUpward Podcast - Tips for Federal Government Employees	Love Rutledge	Government	185	Libsyn	47
85	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
86	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49
87	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
88	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
89	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
90	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
91	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
92	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
93	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
94	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	237	Buzzsprout	83
96	EpiscoPols	The Episcopal Church	Government	26	Megaphone	89
97	APWU Podcast	APWU	Government	25	Podbean	42
98	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
99	Philip Teresi	KMJ	Government	100	Omny Studio	48
100	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38

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