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 Oct 2025

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10/15/2025

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Episodes: 389

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:21

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
3	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
4	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
9	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
10	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
12	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
13	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
14	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
19	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
21	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
22	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
23	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
24	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
25	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
26	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
31	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
33	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
34	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
35	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
36	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
37	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
38	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
39	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	56	Simplecast	79
40	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
41	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
42	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
43	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
44	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
45	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
46	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
47	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
48	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
49	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
50	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
51	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
52	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
53	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
54	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
55	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
56	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
57	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
58	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
59	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
60	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
61	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
62	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
63	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
64	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
65	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1663	Unknown	43
66	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
67	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
68	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
69	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
71	56: A Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Podcast	Pinellas County Sheriff's Office	Government	31	RSS.com	47
72	EpiscoPols	The Episcopal Church	Government	26	Megaphone	89
73	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
74	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
75	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
76	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
77	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
78	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
79	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
80	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
82	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
83	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	302	Acast	48
84	Oral Arguments for the Supreme Court of the United States	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
85	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
86	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
87	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
89	Creatures of Statute	County Supervisors Association of Arizona	Government	18	RSS.com	48
90	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
91	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1116	Megaphone	48
92	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
93	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
94	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
95	Fed Gov Today	FedGovToday.com	Government	318	Buzzsprout	48
96	The United States Constitution	The U.S. Constitution	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	48
97	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	269	Acast	94
98	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
99	Life With Tori Samone	torigoldentg	Government	36	Podbean	48
100	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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