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: 384

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:29

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Simplecast (8 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	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	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
9	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
11	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
12	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	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	56	Unknown	32
19	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
20	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	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	148	Megaphone	43
25	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
26	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
29	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
30	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	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	451	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	1964	BBC	43
39	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
40	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
41	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
42	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
43	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
44	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
45	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
46	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
47	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
48	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
49	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
50	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	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	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	313	Simplecast	73
53	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
54	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
55	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
56	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
57	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
58	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
59	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
60	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
61	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
62	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
63	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
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	10	Megaphone	73
67	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
68	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
69	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	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	209	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	10	Simplecast	63
74	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
75	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
76	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
77	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	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	90	Megaphone	59
82	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
83	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
84	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
85	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
86	The FAR and Beyond	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	56	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	62	Substack	43
90	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	143	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
92	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
93	Fed Gov Today	FedGovToday.com	Government	318	Buzzsprout	48
94	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
95	The Public Service Project	Cait Dallaire	Government	33	RSS.com	52
96	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
97	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
98	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59
99	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
100	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49

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