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 05 Oct 2025

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10/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 356

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:09

Top 5 authors

1. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

2. Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

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

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
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 Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
11	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
13	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
19	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
20	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
21	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
22	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
23	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
25	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
26	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
29	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
32	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
33	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
34	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
35	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
36	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
37	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
38	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
39	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
40	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
41	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
42	Life With Tori Samone	torigoldentg	Government	36	Podbean	48
43	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
44	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
45	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
46	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
47	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
48	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
49	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
50	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
51	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
52	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
53	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
54	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
55	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
56	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
57	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
58	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
59	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
60	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
61	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
62	Mission: Texas	Kate Rumsey & Alex Clark	Government	0	Zencastr	33
63	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
64	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
65	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
66	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
67	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
68	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
69	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	Proof Over Precedent	Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School	Government	71	Castos	38
71	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
72	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
73	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Buzzsprout	63
74	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
75	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
76	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
77	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
78	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
79	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
80	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
81	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
82	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
83	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
84	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
85	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
86	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
87	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	292	Spreaker	49
88	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
89	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
90	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
91	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
92	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
93	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
94	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
95	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	19	Buzzsprout	38
96	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
97	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
98	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
99	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
100	Hot Tones & Cold Cases	Goodyear Police Department	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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