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 04 oct. 2025

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10/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 350

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:42:59

Top 5 authors

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

2. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

3. The DSR Network (3 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
3	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
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	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
11	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
13	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
14	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
17	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
18	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
19	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
20	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
22	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
24	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
25	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
31	Life With Tori Samone	torigoldentg	Government	36	Podbean	48
32	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
33	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
34	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
35	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
36	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
37	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
38	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
39	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
40	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
41	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
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	313	Simplecast	73
43	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
44	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
45	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
46	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
47	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
48	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
49	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
50	Mission: Texas	Kate Rumsey & Alex Clark	Government	0	Zencastr	33
51	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
52	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
53	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
54	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
55	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
56	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
57	Proof Over Precedent	Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School	Government	69	Castos	38
58	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
59	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
60	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
61	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
62	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
63	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
64	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
65	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
66	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	193	Transistor	63
67	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
68	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
69	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	19	Buzzsprout	38
70	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
71	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
72	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
73	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
74	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
75	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
76	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
77	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	714	Captivate	43
78	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
79	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
80	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
81	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
82	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
83	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
84	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
85	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
86	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
87	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
88	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
89	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
90	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
91	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
92	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
93	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
94	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
95	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
96	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
97	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	54	Unknown	38
98	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
100	Illinois Policy Podcast	Illinois Policy	Government	72	Megaphone	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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