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 Nov 2025

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11/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 374

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:42:07

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (28 shows)

2. Simplecast (8 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (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	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
12	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
16	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
17	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
20	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
21	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
22	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
23	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
26	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
29	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
30	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
31	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
32	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
34	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
35	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
36	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
37	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
38	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
39	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
40	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
41	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
42	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
43	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
44	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
45	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
46	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
47	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
48	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
49	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
50	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
51	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
52	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
53	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
54	The Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife	Government	292	Soundcloud	38
55	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
56	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
57	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
58	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
59	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
60	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
61	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
62	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
63	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
64	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
65	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
67	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
68	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
69	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
70	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
71	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
72	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
73	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
74	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
75	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
76	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
77	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
78	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
79	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
80	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
81	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
82	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
83	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
84	EpiscoPols	The Episcopal Church	Government	26	Megaphone	89
85	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
86	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
87	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49
88	Zohran Mamdani - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Government	124	Megaphone	63
89	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
90	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
91	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
92	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
93	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
94	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
95	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
96	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
97	The FAR and Beyond	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	48
98	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
99	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
100	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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