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 19 Sep 2025

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09/19/2025

Average data

Episodes: 374

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:44

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. Cato Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Podbean (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	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	1904	Megaphone	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
10	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
12	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
17	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
18	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
22	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
24	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
25	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
26	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
27	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
28	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
30	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
31	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
32	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
34	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
35	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
36	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
37	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
38	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
39	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
40	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
41	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
42	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
43	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
45	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
46	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
47	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
48	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
49	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
50	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
51	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
52	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
53	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
54	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
55	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
56	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
57	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
58	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
59	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
60	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
61	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	10	Simplecast	63
62	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
63	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
64	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
65	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
66	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
67	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
68	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
69	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
70	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
71	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
72	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
73	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
74	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
75	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
76	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
77	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
78	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
79	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
80	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
81	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
82	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
83	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
84	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
85	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
86	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	84	Libsyn	58
87	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
88	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59
89	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
90	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
91	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
92	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
93	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
94	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
95	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
96	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
97	Unintended Consequences	Cato Institute	Government	27	Acast	54
98	The Jon Kiper Show	Jon Kiper	Government	9	Squarespace	63
99	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
100	The Right Angle Podcast	Ewan Petty and Timothy Carrisalez	Government	7	RSS.com	38

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