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 23 Sep 2025

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09/23/2025

Average data

Episodes: 367

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:38

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (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 (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Podbean (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
2	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1958	Megaphone	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2747	Megaphone	38
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	316	Megaphone	63
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
12	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	386	Megaphone	53
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
16	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	918	RSS.com	42
18	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
19	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
20	The Secret Life Of Cookies	The DSR Network	Government	103	Megaphone	49
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
22	American Potential	American Potential	News	477	Podbean	68
23	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
24	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
25	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	324	Simplecast	73
26	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1981	BBC	43
27	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
30	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
32	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	273	Libsyn	58
33	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
34	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
35	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	457	Megaphone	58
36	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
37	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
38	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
39	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	934	Megaphone	38
40	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	934	Buzzsprout	63
41	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	95	Megaphone	59
42	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
43	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
44	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	200	PRX	59
45	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
46	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
47	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
48	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
49	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
50	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
51	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
52	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
53	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
54	The Merge	The Merge	Government	67	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
56	Proof Over Precedent	Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School	Government	71	Castos	38
57	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
59	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
60	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
61	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
62	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
63	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
64	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
65	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	114	Megaphone	43
66	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
68	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
69	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
70	See You In Court	seeyouincourt	Government	100	Podbean	48
71	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
72	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	728	Unknown	43
73	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
74	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
75	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
76	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	258	Acast	69
77	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
78	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
80	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
81	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
82	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
83	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	10	Simplecast	63
84	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
85	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	215	Simplecast	59
86	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	380	Unknown	43
87	Be All You Can Be MSC	SKM	Government	42	Buzzsprout	59
88	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
89	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
90	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
91	The United States Constitution	The U.S. Constitution	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	48
92	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
93	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
94	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
95	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
96	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
97	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
98	Unintended Consequences	Cato Institute	Government	28	Acast	54
99	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
100	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68

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