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 15 sept. 2025

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09/15/2025

Average data

Episodes: 375

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:53

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
10	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
11	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
13	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
19	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
20	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
21	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
22	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
23	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
24	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
29	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
31	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
32	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
33	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
34	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
35	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
36	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
37	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
38	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
40	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
41	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
42	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
43	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
44	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
45	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
46	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
47	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
48	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
49	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
50	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
51	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
52	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
53	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
54	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
55	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
56	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
57	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
58	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
59	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
60	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
61	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
62	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
63	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
64	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
65	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
66	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
67	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
68	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
69	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
70	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
71	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
72	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
73	FedUp with Ron Speakman	Ron Speakman	Government	49	Podbean	53
74	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
75	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
76	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
77	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	143	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
79	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
80	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
81	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
82	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
83	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
84	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	431	Megaphone	53
85	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
86	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
87	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
88	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	21	Unknown	38
89	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
90	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
91	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
92	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
93	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
94	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
95	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	29	Simplecast	58
96	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
97	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
98	Consumer Connection	Michelle Escobar	Government	9	Buzzsprout	53
99	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
100	Swing State Update	Turning Point Action	Government	70	Buzzsprout	63

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