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 09 nov. 2025

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11/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 368

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:17

Top 5 authors

1. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

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

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Unknown (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
6	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
7	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
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	31	Libsyn	38
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
16	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
17	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
20	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
22	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
23	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
25	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
26	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
30	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
32	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
33	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
34	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
35	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
36	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
37	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
38	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
39	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
40	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
41	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
42	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
43	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
44	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
45	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
46	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
47	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
48	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
49	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
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	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
52	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
53	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
54	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
55	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
56	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
57	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
58	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
59	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
60	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
61	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
62	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
63	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
64	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
65	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
66	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
67	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
68	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
69	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
70	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
71	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
72	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
73	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
74	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
75	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
76	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
77	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
78	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
79	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
80	The Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife	Government	292	Soundcloud	38
81	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
82	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
83	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
84	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	193	Transistor	63
85	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
86	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
87	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
88	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
89	Community Catalysts	Matt Lehrman	Government	106	Libsyn	83
90	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49
91	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
92	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
93	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
94	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
95	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
96	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
97	FedUpward Podcast - Tips for Federal Government Employees	Love Rutledge	Government	199	Libsyn	47
98	EpiscoPols	The Episcopal Church	Government	26	Megaphone	89
99	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
100	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37

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