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 17 Sep 2025

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09/17/2025

Average data

Episodes: 391

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:46:12

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Podbean (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
9	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
16	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
17	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
18	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
20	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
21	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
22	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
23	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
24	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
25	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
26	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
27	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
28	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
29	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
30	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
31	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
33	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
35	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
36	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
37	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
38	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
39	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
40	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
41	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
42	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
43	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
44	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
45	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
46	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
47	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
48	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
49	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
50	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
51	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
52	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
53	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
54	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
55	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
56	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
57	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
58	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
59	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
60	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
61	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
62	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
63	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
64	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
65	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
66	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
67	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
68	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
69	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
70	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
71	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
72	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
73	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
74	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
75	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
76	FedUp with Ron Speakman	Ron Speakman	Government	49	Podbean	53
77	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
78	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
79	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
80	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
81	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
82	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
83	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
84	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59
85	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
86	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
87	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
88	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	45	Audioboom	58
89	Our Curious Amalgam	American Bar Association	Government	396	Libsyn	68
90	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	143	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	AIPAC	AIPAC	Government	8	Transistor	53
92	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
93	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
94	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
95	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
96	Truth Time with Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner	KBLA Talk 1580	Government	79	Spreaker	38
97	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
98	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
99	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
100	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38

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