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 Nov 2025

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11/16/2025

Average data

Episodes: 382

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:06

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	440	Audioboom	63
2	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	310	Megaphone	63
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2702	Megaphone	38
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1928	Megaphone	53
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	148	Megaphone	48
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	471	Podbean	68
10	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
11	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	88	Spreaker	54
12	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
13	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	382	Megaphone	53
17	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
18	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
19	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
20	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	267	Libsyn	58
22	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	469	Megaphone	49
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
24	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
25	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	150	Megaphone	43
28	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
29	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	910	RSS.com	42
30	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	155	Buzzsprout	47
32	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
33	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
34	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
35	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	919	Megaphone	38
36	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
37	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	454	Megaphone	58
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1973	BBC	43
40	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
41	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
42	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
43	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
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	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
46	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
47	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	255	Acast	69
48	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	213	Simplecast	59
49	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	309	Megaphone	63
50	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	52	Simplecast	79
51	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	53	Megaphone	38
52	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
53	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	319	Simplecast	73
54	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	826	Libsyn	27
55	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
56	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
57	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	574	Podbean	32
58	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
59	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
60	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
61	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	111	Megaphone	43
62	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	674	Libsyn	58
63	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
64	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	62	Megaphone	73
65	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	199	PRX	59
66	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
67	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	377	Unknown	43
68	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
69	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
70	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
71	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
72	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	749	Libsyn	37
73	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	920	Buzzsprout	63
74	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
75	Get to Know TRICARE	Defense Health Agency	Government & Organizations	17	Unknown	43
76	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	48	Megaphone	48
77	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	48	Megaphone	48
78	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
79	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
80	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	351	Libsyn	68
81	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1098	Megaphone	48
82	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
83	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	10	BBC	22
84	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
85	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
86	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
87	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	96	Megaphone	49
88	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
89	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
90	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
91	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
92	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	10	Simplecast	63
93	The Veterans Disability Nexus	Leah Bucholz	Government	276	Transistor	68
94	The Merge	The Merge	Government	67	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
96	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
97	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
98	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	66	Substack	43
99	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
100	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33

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