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 22 Oct 2025

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10/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 336

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:43:34

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	440	Audioboom	63
2	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	148	Megaphone	48
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
6	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	310	Megaphone	63
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2702	Megaphone	38
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1928	Megaphone	53
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
11	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
12	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
14	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	382	Megaphone	53
16	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	267	Libsyn	58
17	American Potential	American Potential	News	471	Podbean	68
18	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	52	Simplecast	79
19	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	88	Spreaker	54
20	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	910	RSS.com	42
23	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
24	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
25	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
26	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	150	Megaphone	43
28	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
32	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	53	Megaphone	38
33	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	454	Megaphone	58
34	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	155	Buzzsprout	47
35	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
36	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
37	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	111	Megaphone	43
38	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
39	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	199	PRX	59
40	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	469	Megaphone	49
41	New Faces of Democracy	Nancy Bynum	Government	79	Captivate	63
42	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
43	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1973	BBC	43
44	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
45	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
46	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
47	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
48	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	351	Libsyn	68
49	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
50	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
51	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	213	Simplecast	59
52	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	919	Megaphone	38
53	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
54	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
55	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
56	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
57	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
58	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
59	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	25	Simplecast	58
60	The Merge	The Merge	Government	67	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
62	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
63	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	235	Omny Studio	73
64	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	68	Libsyn	63
65	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	66	Substack	43
66	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
67	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
68	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	920	Buzzsprout	63
69	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	62	Megaphone	73
70	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	309	Megaphone	63
71	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
72	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
73	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
74	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	338	Substack	53
75	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	319	Simplecast	73
76	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
77	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
78	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
79	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
80	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
81	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	102	Buzzsprout	63
82	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
83	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
84	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
85	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
86	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	72	Unknown	43
87	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	574	Podbean	32
88	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
89	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
90	Pursuant to Justice	Terri Turner	Government	1	RSS.com	63
91	Not Quite Quorum	Laura Bergus and Oliver Weilein	Government	39	Squarespace	58
92	We Carry This	Medina Baumgart	Government	1	Buzzsprout	79
93	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
94	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
95	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
96	ICC Pulse Podcast	International Code Council: Non-profit, building codes	Government & Organizations	66	Libsyn	58
97	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	96	Megaphone	49
98	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
99	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
100	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	48	Megaphone	48

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