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 10 oct. 2025

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10/10/2025

Average data

Episodes: 383

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:42:48

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (2 shows)

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

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

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Podbean (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Unknown (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
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	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
12	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
13	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
16	ProBaytion in Alameda County	Alameda County Probation	Government	12	Buzzsprout	52
17	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
18	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
19	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
20	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
21	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
22	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
25	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
26	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
30	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
33	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
34	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
35	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
36	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
37	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
38	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
39	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
40	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
41	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
42	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
43	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	313	Simplecast	73
44	Oral Arguments for the Supreme Court of the United States	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
45	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
46	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
47	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
48	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
49	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
50	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
51	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
52	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
53	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
54	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
55	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
56	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
57	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
58	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
59	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
60	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
61	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
62	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
63	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
64	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
65	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
66	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
67	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
68	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
69	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
70	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
72	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
73	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Buzzsprout	63
74	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
75	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
76	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
77	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
78	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
79	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
80	Life With Tori Samone	torigoldentg	Government	36	Podbean	48
81	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
82	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
83	Mission: Texas	Kate Rumsey & Alex Clark	Government	0	Zencastr	33
84	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
85	Inside the PD	Lance	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
87	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
88	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
89	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
90	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
91	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
92	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
93	EpiscoPols	The Episcopal Church	Government	26	Megaphone	89
94	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
95	The United States Constitution	The U.S. Constitution	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	48
96	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
97	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
98	Gov360	Chris Mann	Government	29	Podbean	73
99	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
100	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28

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