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 Oct 2025

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10/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 402

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:27

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Unknown (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1972	Megaphone	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2768	Megaphone	38
6	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	157	Megaphone	48
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	321	Megaphone	63
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
13	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
14	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
15	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
16	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	498	Unknown	52
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
19	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	57	Simplecast	79
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
25	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
27	ProBaytion in Alameda County	Alameda County Probation	Government	12	Buzzsprout	52
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	276	Libsyn	58
30	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
33	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
34	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
35	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
36	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
37	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
38	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
39	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
40	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
41	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
42	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
43	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	97	Megaphone	59
44	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
45	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
46	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
47	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
48	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
49	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
50	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
51	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
52	Oral Arguments for the Supreme Court of the United States	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
53	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
54	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1663	Unknown	43
55	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
56	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	940	Megaphone	38
57	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
58	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
59	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	939	Buzzsprout	63
60	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
61	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
62	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
63	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
64	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
65	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1986	BBC	43
66	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
67	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
69	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Megaphone	48
70	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
71	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
72	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
73	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
74	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
75	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	381	Unknown	43
76	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
77	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	60	Megaphone	38
78	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
79	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
80	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	833	Libsyn	27
82	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
83	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	11	Simplecast	63
84	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
85	Jake for the State Podcast	Jake A Merrick	Government	90	Libsyn	52
86	Life With Tori Samone	torigoldentg	Government	36	Podbean	48
88	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1118	Megaphone	48
89	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
90	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
91	Mission: Texas	Kate Rumsey & Alex Clark	Government	0	Zencastr	33
92	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
93	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
94	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
95	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
96	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
97	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
98	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	19	Unknown	43
99	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
100	Simple Civics: Greenville County	Greater Good Greenville	Government	294	Transistor	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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