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 13 Sep 2025

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09/13/2025

Average data

Episodes: 364

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:57

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (4 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
10	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
13	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
14	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
20	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
21	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
22	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
23	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
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	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
28	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
30	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
31	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
32	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
33	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
35	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
36	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
38	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
39	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
40	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
41	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
42	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
43	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
44	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
45	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
46	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
47	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
48	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
49	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
50	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
51	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
52	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
53	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
54	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
55	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
56	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
57	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	29	Simplecast	58
58	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
59	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
60	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
61	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
62	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
63	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
64	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
65	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
66	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
67	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
68	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
69	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
70	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
71	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
72	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
73	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
74	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
75	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
76	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
77	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
78	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
80	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
81	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
82	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
83	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
84	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	193	Transistor	63
85	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
86	Arguendo: The Veterans Law Pod	CCK Law	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	PSL On The Mic	City Of Port St. Lucie	Government	57	Buzzsprout	73
88	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
89	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
90	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
91	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
92	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
93	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
94	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
95	In The Tank	The Heartland Institute	Government	193	Transistor	63
96	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
97	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
98	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
99	Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Government Contractors Can’t Do Without	Crowell & Moring LLP	Government	100	Podbean	37
100	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58

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