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 14 sept. 2025

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09/14/2025

Average data

Episodes: 368

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:45:37

Top 5 authors

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

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Podbean (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 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	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	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
10	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
14	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
15	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
16	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
18	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
20	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
21	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
22	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
23	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
24	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
25	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
28	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
29	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
31	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
32	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
34	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
35	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
36	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
38	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
39	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
40	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
41	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
42	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
43	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
44	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
45	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
46	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
47	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
48	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
49	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
50	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
51	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
52	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
53	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
54	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
55	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
56	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
57	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
58	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
59	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
60	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
61	FedUp with Ron Speakman	Ron Speakman	Government	49	Podbean	53
62	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
63	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
64	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
65	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
66	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
67	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
68	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
69	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	29	Simplecast	58
70	Swing State Update	Turning Point Action	Government	70	Buzzsprout	63
71	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
72	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
73	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
74	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
75	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
76	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
77	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
78	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
79	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
80	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	143	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	PSL On The Mic	City Of Port St. Lucie	Government	57	Buzzsprout	73
82	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
83	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
84	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
85	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
86	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
87	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
88	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
89	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
90	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
91	Philip Teresi	KMJ	Government	100	Omny Studio	48
92	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
93	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
94	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
95	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
96	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
98	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
99	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
100	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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