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 nov. 2025

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11/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 381

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:25

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	This Week's AI	This Week in AI	News	335	RSS.com	32
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
9	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
11	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
13	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
17	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
18	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
19	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
20	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
22	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
23	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
24	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
25	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
26	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
27	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
28	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
31	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
32	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
33	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
34	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
35	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
36	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
37	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
38	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
39	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
40	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
41	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
42	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
43	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
44	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
45	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
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	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
48	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
49	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
50	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
51	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
52	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
53	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	73
54	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
55	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
56	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
57	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
58	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
59	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
60	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
61	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
62	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
63	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
64	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
65	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
66	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
67	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
68	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
69	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
70	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
71	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
72	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
74	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
75	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
76	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
77	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
78	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
79	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
80	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
81	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
82	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
83	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
84	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
85	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
86	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
87	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
88	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
89	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
90	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
91	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
92	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
93	Ballot Battleground: Nevada	KRNV	Government	81	Megaphone	78
94	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
95	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
96	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
97	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	82	Libsyn	63
98	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
99	Data-Smart City Pod	Data-Smart City Solutions	Government	96	Simplecast	58
100	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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