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 nov. 2025

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11/18/2025

Average data

Episodes: 368

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:11

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
9	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
11	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
13	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
16	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
19	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
20	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
21	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
23	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
24	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
25	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
26	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
27	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
32	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
33	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
34	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
35	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
36	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
37	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
38	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
39	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
40	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
41	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
42	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
43	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
44	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
45	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
46	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
48	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
49	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
50	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
51	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
52	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
53	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
54	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
55	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
56	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
57	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
58	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
59	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
60	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
61	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
62	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
63	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
64	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
65	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
66	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
67	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
68	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
69	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
70	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
71	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
72	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
73	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
74	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
75	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
76	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
77	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
78	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
79	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	721	Captivate	53
80	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
81	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
82	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
83	Texas Matters	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
84	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
85	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
86	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
87	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
88	Future Discontinuous	FALTER and IWM	Government	16	Acast	94
89	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
90	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
91	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
92	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
93	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
94	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
95	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
96	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
97	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
98	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
99	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
100	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59

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