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 Nov 2025

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11/21/2025

Average data

Episodes: 388

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:09

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

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

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	441	Audioboom	63
2	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	310	Megaphone	63
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	This Week's AI	This Week in AI	News	335	RSS.com	32
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2705	Megaphone	38
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1930	Megaphone	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	148	Megaphone	48
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	88	Spreaker	54
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	382	Megaphone	53
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	471	Podbean	68
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
14	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
15	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
17	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
18	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
19	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	491	Unknown	52
20	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
23	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	333	Simplecast	63
24	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	150	Megaphone	43
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	910	RSS.com	42
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
32	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	267	Libsyn	58
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
35	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
36	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	454	Megaphone	58
37	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
38	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	155	Buzzsprout	47
39	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1973	BBC	43
41	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	371	Megaphone	43
42	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
43	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
44	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
45	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	919	Megaphone	38
46	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	469	Megaphone	49
47	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	92	Simplecast	52
48	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	319	Simplecast	73
49	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	111	Megaphone	43
50	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	351	Libsyn	68
51	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
52	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
53	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
54	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
55	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
56	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
57	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
58	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
59	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
60	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	62	Megaphone	73
61	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	66	Substack	43
62	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	725	Unknown	43
63	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	53	Megaphone	38
64	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	920	Buzzsprout	63
65	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
66	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	255	Acast	69
67	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
68	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1099	Megaphone	48
69	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
70	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	574	Podbean	32
71	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
72	Hot Tones & Cold Cases	Goodyear Police Department	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
74	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
75	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
76	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	213	Simplecast	59
77	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
78	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
79	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	61	Libsyn	38
80	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
82	ABOTA Speaks	American Board of Trial Advocates	Government	23	RSS.com	68
83	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
84	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
85	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	749	Libsyn	37
86	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	93	Megaphone	59
87	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	532	Libsyn	58
88	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
89	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	235	Omny Studio	73
90	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	48	Megaphone	48
91	The Daniel Mael Show	Daniel Mael	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
93	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
94	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
95	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	84	Libsyn	58
96	Squaring the Circle	Matthew Bigelow	Government	100	Acast	84
97	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
98	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	59	Megaphone	38
99	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	68	Libsyn	63
100	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	300	Acast	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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