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 Nov 2025

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11/15/2025

Average data

Episodes: 400

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:49

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Omny Studio (8 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2771	Megaphone	38
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1974	Megaphone	53
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	157	Megaphone	48
9	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
11	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
12	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
17	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
18	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
19	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
20	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	276	Libsyn	58
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	152	Megaphone	43
25	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
26	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
29	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
30	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
31	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
32	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
33	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
34	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
35	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
36	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
37	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
38	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1986	BBC	43
39	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
40	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
41	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
42	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	57	Simplecast	79
43	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
44	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
45	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	941	Megaphone	38
46	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	833	Libsyn	27
47	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
48	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
49	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
50	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
51	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
52	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
53	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
54	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
55	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
56	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
57	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
58	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
59	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
60	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
61	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
63	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
64	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
65	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
66	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	12	Megaphone	63
67	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	54	Megaphone	48
68	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	940	Buzzsprout	63
69	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1119	Megaphone	48
70	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
71	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
72	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
73	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	11	Simplecast	63
74	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
75	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	75	Captivate	63
76	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
77	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
78	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
79	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
80	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
81	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	97	Megaphone	59
82	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
83	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
84	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
85	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
86	The FAR and Beyond	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	59	Unknown	48
87	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
88	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
89	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
90	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	144	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
92	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
93	Fed Gov Today	FedGovToday.com	Government	318	Buzzsprout	48
94	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
95	The Public Service Project	Cait Dallaire	Government	65	RSS.com	57
96	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
97	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
98	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	469	Omny Studio	59
99	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
100	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	417	Megaphone	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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