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 Nov 2025

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11/19/2025

Average data

Episodes: 382

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:42:23

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 shows)

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

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Libsyn (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	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	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
10	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
11	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
13	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
15	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
16	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
17	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
18	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
19	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
20	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
21	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
22	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
24	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
25	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
27	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
28	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
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	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
32	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
33	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
34	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
35	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
36	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
37	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
38	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
39	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
40	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
41	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
43	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
44	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
45	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
46	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	908	Megaphone	38
48	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
49	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
50	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
51	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
52	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
53	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
54	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
55	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	51	Megaphone	38
56	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
57	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
58	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
59	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
60	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
61	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
62	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
63	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
64	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	913	Buzzsprout	63
65	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
66	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
67	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
68	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
69	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
70	The Capitol Forum Podcast	The Capitol Forum	Government	134	ART19	52
71	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
72	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
73	Hot Tones & Cold Cases	Goodyear Police Department	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	38
74	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
75	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
76	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	375	Unknown	43
77	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
78	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
79	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
80	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
81	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
82	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
83	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	19	Buzzsprout	38
84	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
85	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
86	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
88	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	747	Libsyn	37
89	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
90	The Benjamin Anthony Show from the MirYam Institute	The MirYam Institute	Government	241	Buzzsprout	62
91	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
92	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49
93	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
94	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
95	The Constitution Study podcast	Paul Engel: Author, speaker and podcaster	Government	97	Libsyn	42
96	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
97	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
98	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
99	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
100	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	46	Megaphone	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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