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 18 Oct 2025

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10/18/2025

Average data

Episodes: 384

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:14

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 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 (24 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
2	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
3	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
12	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
13	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
16	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
17	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
20	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
24	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
25	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
26	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
27	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
32	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
35	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
36	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
37	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
38	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
39	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
40	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
41	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
42	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
43	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
44	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
45	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
46	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
47	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
48	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
49	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
50	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
51	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
52	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
53	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
54	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	57	Simplecast	79
55	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
56	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
57	Congressional Dish Details temporarily unavailable	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
58	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
59	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
60	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
61	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
62	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
63	EpiscoPols	The Episcopal Church	Government	26	Megaphone	89
64	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1664	Unknown	43
65	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
66	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
67	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	72	Libsyn	63
68	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
69	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
70	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
71	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
72	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
73	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	26	Simplecast	58
74	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
75	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
76	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
77	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
78	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
79	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	235	Libsyn	48
80	Military OneSource Podcast	Military OneSource	Government & Organizations	201	Unknown	48
81	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	382	Unknown	43
82	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
83	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	197	Transistor	63
84	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
85	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
86	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
87	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
88	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	59	Buzzsprout	48
89	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	216	Megaphone	49
90	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	241	Buzzsprout	83
91	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
92	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
93	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
94	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
95	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
96	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
97	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	546	Libsyn	58
98	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
100	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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