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 oct. 2025

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10/13/2025

Average data

Episodes: 384

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:34

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

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

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Unknown (9 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
7	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
12	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
13	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
16	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
17	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
22	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	51	Megaphone	38
23	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
24	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
27	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
29	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
30	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
31	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
34	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	908	Megaphone	38
35	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
36	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
37	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
38	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
39	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
40	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
41	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
42	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	315	Simplecast	73
43	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
44	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
45	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
46	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
47	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
48	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
49	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
50	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
51	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
52	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
53	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
54	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
55	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	913	Buzzsprout	63
56	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
57	ProBaytion in Alameda County	Alameda County Probation	Government	12	Buzzsprout	52
58	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
59	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
60	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
61	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
62	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
63	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
64	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
65	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
66	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
67	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
68	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
69	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
70	Oral Arguments for the Supreme Court of the United States	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
71	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
72	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
73	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
74	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
75	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
76	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
77	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
78	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
79	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
80	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
81	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
82	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
83	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	375	Unknown	43
84	The Good Government Podcast	The Good Government Podcast	Government	27	Podbean	37
85	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	10	Simplecast	63
86	EpiscoPols	The Episcopal Church	Government	26	Megaphone	89
87	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
88	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
89	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
90	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
92	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	9	BBC	22
93	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	747	Libsyn	37
94	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
95	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
96	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
97	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
99	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
100	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73

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