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 nov. 2025

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11/06/2025

Average data

Episodes: 364

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:42:37

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 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	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
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	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
9	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
10	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
14	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
15	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
19	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
20	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
23	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
24	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
25	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
28	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
30	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
31	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
33	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
35	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
36	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
37	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
38	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
39	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
40	The Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife	Government	292	Soundcloud	38
41	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
42	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
43	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
44	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
45	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
46	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
47	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
48	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
49	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
50	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
51	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
52	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
53	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
54	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
55	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
56	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
57	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
58	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
59	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
60	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
61	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
62	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
63	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
64	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
66	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
67	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
68	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
69	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
70	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
71	EpiscoPols	The Episcopal Church	Government	26	Megaphone	89
72	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
73	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
74	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
75	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
76	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
77	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
78	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
79	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
80	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
81	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
82	Zohran Mamdani - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Government	124	Megaphone	63
83	Talk'n the Beat	Sterling Heights TV	Government	26	Buzzsprout	68
84	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
85	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
86	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
87	ABOTA Speaks	American Board of Trial Advocates	Government	23	RSS.com	68
88	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
89	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
90	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
91	Mael Time With Daniel Mael	Daniel Mael	Government	180	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
93	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
94	Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Government Contractors Can’t Do Without	Crowell & Moring LLP	Government	100	Podbean	37
95	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
96	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
97	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
98	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
99	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
100	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	295	Acast	48

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