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 16 Sep 2025

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09/16/2025

Average data

Episodes: 378

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:46:16

Top 5 authors

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

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. The DSR Network (3 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 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	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	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	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
9	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
10	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
11	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
13	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
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	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
19	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
20	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
21	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
22	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
25	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
27	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
28	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
29	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
31	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
33	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
34	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
35	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
36	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
37	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
38	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
39	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
40	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
41	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
42	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
43	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
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	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
46	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
47	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
48	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
49	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
50	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
51	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
52	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
53	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
54	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
55	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
56	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
57	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
58	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
59	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
60	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
61	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
62	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
63	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
64	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
65	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
66	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
67	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
68	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
69	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
70	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
71	FedUp with Ron Speakman	Ron Speakman	Government	49	Podbean	53
72	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
73	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
74	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
75	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
76	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
77	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
78	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
79	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
80	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
81	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
82	Our Curious Amalgam	American Bar Association	Government	396	Libsyn	68
83	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
84	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
85	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	143	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
87	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
88	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
89	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
90	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
91	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
92	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
93	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
94	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
95	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
96	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
97	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
98	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
99	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
100	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	53	Spotify for Podcasters	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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