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 Nov 2025

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11/14/2025

Average data

Episodes: 379

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:46

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	440	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
4	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	310	Megaphone	63
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2702	Megaphone	38
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1928	Megaphone	53
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	148	Megaphone	48
9	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
10	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	382	Megaphone	53
12	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
13	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	88	Spreaker	54
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
15	American Potential	American Potential	News	471	Podbean	68
16	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
17	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
20	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
21	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	910	RSS.com	42
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	267	Libsyn	58
24	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
25	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
26	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
27	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	150	Megaphone	43
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	454	Megaphone	58
30	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
31	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
32	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
33	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	469	Megaphone	49
34	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
35	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
36	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	155	Buzzsprout	47
37	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
38	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1973	BBC	43
40	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
41	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
42	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
43	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
44	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	919	Megaphone	38
45	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	111	Megaphone	43
46	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	826	Libsyn	27
47	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	62	Megaphone	73
48	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
49	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	52	Simplecast	79
50	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	199	PRX	59
51	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
52	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
53	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
54	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
55	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	66	Substack	43
56	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
57	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1098	Megaphone	48
58	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
59	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
60	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
61	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	10	Simplecast	63
62	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	725	Unknown	43
63	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
64	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	319	Simplecast	73
65	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	53	Megaphone	38
66	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
67	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
68	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
69	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
70	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
71	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
72	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	574	Podbean	32
73	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
74	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	351	Libsyn	68
75	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
76	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	309	Megaphone	63
77	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
78	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
79	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
80	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	48	Megaphone	48
81	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
82	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	179	Buzzsprout	68
83	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	255	Acast	69
84	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	920	Buzzsprout	63
85	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	59	Megaphone	38
86	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
87	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
88	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1635	Unknown	43
89	FedUpward Podcast - Tips for Federal Government Employees	Love Rutledge	Government	199	Libsyn	47
90	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
91	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
92	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
93	Run For Something	Amanda Litman	Government	66	Libsyn	79
94	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	213	Simplecast	59
95	The Merge	The Merge	Government	67	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
97	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
98	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
99	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	25	Simplecast	58
100	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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