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 12 Sep 2025

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09/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 378

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:01

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
6	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
13	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
14	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
16	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
20	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
21	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
24	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
26	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
27	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
30	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
31	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
32	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
33	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
34	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
35	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
36	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
37	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
38	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
39	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
40	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
41	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
42	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
43	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
44	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
45	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
46	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
47	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
48	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	29	Simplecast	58
49	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
50	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
51	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
52	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
53	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
54	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
55	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
56	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
57	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
58	PSL On The Mic	City Of Port St. Lucie	Government	57	Buzzsprout	73
59	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
60	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
61	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
62	Arguendo: The Veterans Law Pod	CCK Law	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	28
63	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
64	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
65	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
66	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
67	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
68	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
69	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
71	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
72	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
73	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
74	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
75	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
76	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
77	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
78	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
79	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
80	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
81	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
82	Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast	UK Parliament	Government	383	Soundcloud	32
83	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
84	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
85	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
86	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
87	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
88	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
89	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
90	Swing State Update	Turning Point Action	Government	70	Buzzsprout	63
91	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
92	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
93	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
94	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
95	Regulatory Phishing by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP	Eric Crusius	Government	17	Libsyn	38
96	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
97	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
98	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
99	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
100	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	299	Acast	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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