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 07 Oct 2025

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10/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 384

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:40

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
4	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
10	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
12	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	56	Simplecast	79
13	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
14	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
16	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
18	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
19	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
20	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
21	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
22	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
25	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
27	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
28	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
29	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
30	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	Life With Tori Samone	torigoldentg	Government	36	Podbean	48
33	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
34	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
35	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
36	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
37	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
38	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
39	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
40	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
41	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
42	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
43	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
44	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
45	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
46	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
47	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
48	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
49	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
50	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
51	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
52	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
53	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
54	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Megaphone	48
55	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
56	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
57	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
58	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
59	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
60	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
61	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
62	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
63	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
64	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
65	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
66	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	381	Unknown	43
67	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
68	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
69	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
70	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	36	Megaphone	37
71	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
72	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
73	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
74	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
75	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
76	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
77	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
78	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
79	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
80	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
81	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
82	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
83	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
84	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
85	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
86	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
87	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
88	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	Mission: Texas	Kate Rumsey & Alex Clark	Government	0	Zencastr	33
90	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1663	Unknown	43
91	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
92	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
93	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
94	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
95	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
96	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
97	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
98	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
99	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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