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 Nov 2025

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11/13/2025

Average data

Episodes: 373

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:17

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

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

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	438	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1918	Megaphone	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2687	Megaphone	38
7	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
10	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	469	Podbean	68
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
16	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
17	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	907	RSS.com	42
19	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
20	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
25	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
26	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
27	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
28	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	453	Megaphone	58
30	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
31	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
32	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
33	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	369	Megaphone	43
34	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
35	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	154	Buzzsprout	47
36	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
38	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
39	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
40	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	110	Megaphone	43
41	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
42	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
43	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
44	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
45	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
46	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
48	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	825	Libsyn	27
49	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	51	Simplecast	79
50	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
51	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
52	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1093	Megaphone	48
53	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	64	Substack	43
54	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	198	PRX	59
55	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
56	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	724	Unknown	43
57	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
58	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
59	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
60	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
61	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
62	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
63	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	91	Megaphone	59
64	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
65	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	52	Megaphone	38
66	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	307	Megaphone	63
67	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	915	Buzzsprout	63
68	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
69	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
70	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
71	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	25	Simplecast	58
73	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	254	Acast	69
74	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
75	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	179	Buzzsprout	68
76	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
77	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	100	Buzzsprout	57
78	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
79	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	724	Captivate	53
80	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
81	DSR: Politics and Law	The DSR Network	Government	33	Megaphone	43
82	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	573	Podbean	32
83	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
84	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
85	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
86	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
87	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
88	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
89	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
90	Get to Know TRICARE	Defense Health Agency	Government & Organizations	17	Unknown	43
91	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	10	Simplecast	63
92	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
93	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
94	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	317	Simplecast	73
95	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
96	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
97	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
98	The Shawnee Pulse	The City of Shawnee, Kansas	Government	15	Podbean	48
99	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
100	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58

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