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 21 oct. 2025

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10/21/2025

Average data

Episodes: 374

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:02

Top 5 authors

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

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
3	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
7	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
12	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
15	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
16	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
17	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
20	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
22	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
23	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
25	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
26	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
30	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
31	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
32	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
33	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
34	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
35	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
36	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
37	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
38	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
39	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
40	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
41	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
42	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
43	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
44	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
45	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
46	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
47	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
48	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
49	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
50	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
51	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
52	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
53	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
54	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
55	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
56	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
57	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
58	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
59	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
60	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
61	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
62	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
63	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
64	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
65	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
66	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
67	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
68	We Carry This	Medina Baumgart	Government	1	Buzzsprout	79
69	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
70	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
71	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
72	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
73	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
74	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
75	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
76	The GovAI Podcast	Darwin AI	Government	16	Buzzsprout	52
77	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
78	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
79	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
80	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
81	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
82	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
83	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
84	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
85	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
86	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	338	Substack	53
87	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
88	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
89	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
90	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
91	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
92	Our Curious Amalgam	American Bar Association	Government	396	Libsyn	68
93	The Siren Network	The Siren Network	Government	32	Acast	59
94	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
95	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
96	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
97	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
98	Not Quite Quorum	Laura Bergus and Oliver Weilein	Government	39	Squarespace	58
99	Audio Briefs	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	1465	Megaphone	43
100	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42

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