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 03 oct. 2025

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10/03/2025

Average data

Episodes: 355

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:41:38

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (5 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	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
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	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
12	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
15	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
16	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
17	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
18	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
19	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
20	Life With Tori Samone	torigoldentg	Government	36	Podbean	48
21	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
25	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
26	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
29	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
33	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
34	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
35	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
36	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
37	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
38	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
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	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
41	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
42	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
43	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
44	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
45	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
46	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
47	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
48	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
49	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
50	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
51	Proof Over Precedent	Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School	Government	71	Castos	38
52	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
53	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	19	Buzzsprout	38
54	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
55	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
56	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
57	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
58	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
59	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
60	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
61	Mission: Texas	Kate Rumsey & Alex Clark	Government	0	Zencastr	33
62	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	54	Unknown	38
63	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
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	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
66	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
67	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
68	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
69	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
70	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
71	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
72	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
73	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
74	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
75	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
76	Transparency Talks	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Government	11	Buzzsprout	58
77	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
78	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
79	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
80	Illinois Policy Podcast	Illinois Policy	Government	72	Megaphone	49
81	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
82	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
83	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
84	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
85	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
86	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
87	Crawfordsville Connection	City of Crawfordsville	Government	309	Libsyn	38
88	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
89	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
90	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
91	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
92	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
93	Stark Integrity	Bob Wade	Government	214	Buzzsprout	48
94	National Defense Magazine	The National Defense Magazine Staff	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	38
95	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
96	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	193	Transistor	63
97	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
98	House of Lords Podcast: Lord Speaker's Corner	House of Lords	Government	58	Acast	83
99	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
100	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49

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