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 Nov 2025

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11/03/2025

Average data

Episodes: 339

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:41:40

Top 5 authors

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

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
7	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
11	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
13	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
16	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
20	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
21	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
23	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
25	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
26	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	46	Megaphone	48
27	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
28	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
32	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
33	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
34	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
35	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
36	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
37	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
38	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
39	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
40	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
41	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
42	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
43	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
44	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
45	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
46	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
47	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
48	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
49	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
50	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
51	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
52	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
53	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
54	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
55	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
56	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
57	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
58	The Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife	Government	292	Soundcloud	38
59	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
60	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
61	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
62	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
63	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
64	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
65	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
66	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
67	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
68	Care for Ohio : The Podcast	Bryan Hambley	Government	0	Podbean	17
69	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
70	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
71	The Daniel Mael Show	Daniel Mael	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	28
72	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
73	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
74	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
75	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
76	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
77	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
78	APWU Podcast	APWU	Government	25	Podbean	42
79	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
80	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
82	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
83	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
84	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
85	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
86	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
87	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
88	EpiscoPols	The Episcopal Church	Government	26	Megaphone	89
89	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
90	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
91	Military Matters	Stars and Stripes	Government	100	Libsyn	38
92	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
93	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
94	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
95	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
96	FedUpward Podcast - Tips for Federal Government Employees	Love Rutledge	Government	199	Libsyn	47
97	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
98	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
99	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
100	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38

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