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 Oct 2025

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10/23/2025

Average data

Episodes: 373

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:05

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Libsyn (8 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	440	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	148	Megaphone	48
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
5	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2702	Megaphone	38
7	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	310	Megaphone	63
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1928	Megaphone	53
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
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	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	52	Simplecast	79
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	382	Megaphone	53
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	910	RSS.com	42
17	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	88	Spreaker	54
18	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
19	American Potential	American Potential	News	471	Podbean	68
20	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	267	Libsyn	58
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
24	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
25	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	150	Megaphone	43
28	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
29	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
30	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	454	Megaphone	58
33	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
34	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
35	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
36	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
37	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	155	Buzzsprout	47
38	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	53	Megaphone	38
39	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	111	Megaphone	43
40	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	469	Megaphone	49
41	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1973	BBC	43
42	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	199	PRX	59
43	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
44	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
45	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
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	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
48	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
49	New Faces of Democracy	Nancy Bynum	Government	79	Captivate	63
50	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	62	Megaphone	73
51	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	919	Megaphone	38
52	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
53	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
54	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
55	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
56	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	213	Simplecast	59
57	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
58	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	351	Libsyn	68
59	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
60	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
61	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
62	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	25	Simplecast	58
63	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
64	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
65	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
66	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	68	Libsyn	63
67	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	920	Buzzsprout	63
68	The Merge	The Merge	Government	67	Spotify for Podcasters	38
69	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
70	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	725	Unknown	43
71	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	338	Substack	53
72	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
73	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
74	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	235	Omny Studio	73
75	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	102	Buzzsprout	63
76	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	319	Simplecast	73
77	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
78	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	72	Unknown	43
79	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
80	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	532	Libsyn	58
81	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	309	Megaphone	63
82	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
83	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
84	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
85	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
86	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
87	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
88	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	66	Substack	43
89	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
90	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
91	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	48	Megaphone	48
92	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	59	Megaphone	38
93	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
94	Simple Civics: Greenville County	Greater Good Greenville	Government	294	Transistor	63
95	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	574	Podbean	32
96	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
97	EpiscoPols	The Episcopal Church	Government	26	Megaphone	89
98	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	255	Acast	69
99	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1635	Unknown	43
100	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A

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