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 06 Oct 2025

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10/06/2025

Average data

Episodes: 364

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:27

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

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

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Unknown (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	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
9	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
11	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
13	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
14	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
15	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
17	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
20	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
21	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
22	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
23	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
24	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
25	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
27	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
28	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
29	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
31	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
32	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
33	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
34	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
35	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
36	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
37	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
38	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
39	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
40	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
41	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
42	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
43	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
44	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
45	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
46	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
47	Life With Tori Samone	torigoldentg	Government	36	Podbean	48
48	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
49	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
50	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
51	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
52	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
53	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
54	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
55	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Buzzsprout	63
56	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
57	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
58	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
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	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
61	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
62	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
63	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
64	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
65	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
66	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
67	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
68	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
69	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
70	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
71	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
72	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
73	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
74	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
75	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
76	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
77	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
78	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
79	Mission: Texas	Kate Rumsey & Alex Clark	Government	0	Zencastr	33
80	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
82	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
83	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
84	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
85	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
86	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
87	Proof Over Precedent	Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School	Government	69	Castos	38
88	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
89	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
90	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
91	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
92	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
93	EMS One-Stop	emsonestop	Government	99	Podbean	58
94	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
95	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
96	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
97	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	19	Buzzsprout	38
98	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
99	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
100	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58

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