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 Nov 2025

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11/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 349

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:41:37

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (2 shows)

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

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

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Podbean (8 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
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	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
15	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
16	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
17	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
18	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
19	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
20	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
21	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
25	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
26	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
29	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
30	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
33	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
34	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
35	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
36	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
37	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
38	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
39	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
40	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
41	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
42	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
43	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
44	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
45	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
46	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
47	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
48	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
49	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
50	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
51	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
52	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
53	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
54	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
55	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
56	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
57	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
58	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
59	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
60	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
61	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
62	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
63	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
64	The Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife	Government	292	Soundcloud	38
65	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
66	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
67	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
68	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
69	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
70	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
71	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
72	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
73	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
74	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
75	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
76	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
77	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
78	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
79	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
80	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
82	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
83	APWU Podcast	APWU	Government	25	Podbean	42
84	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
85	EpiscoPols	The Episcopal Church	Government	26	Megaphone	89
86	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
87	Mael Time With Daniel Mael	Daniel Mael	Government	180	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
89	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
90	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	73
91	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
92	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
93	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
94	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
95	Care for Ohio : The Podcast	Bryan Hambley	Government	0	Podbean	17
96	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
97	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
98	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
99	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
100	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38

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