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 24 Sep 2025

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09/24/2025

Average data

Episodes: 395

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:05

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Cato Institute (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
3	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1966	Megaphone	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2759	Megaphone	38
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
9	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
10	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
12	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
13	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
14	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
15	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
16	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
17	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
18	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
19	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
20	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
21	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
22	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
23	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
25	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
27	American Potential	American Potential	News	478	Podbean	68
28	The Secret Life Of Cookies	The DSR Network	Government	103	Megaphone	49
29	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	325	Simplecast	73
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
32	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
33	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
35	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	937	Megaphone	38
37	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
38	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
39	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
40	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
41	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	729	Unknown	43
42	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
43	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
44	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
45	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
46	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
47	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	936	Buzzsprout	63
48	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
49	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
50	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
51	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
52	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
53	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
54	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
55	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
56	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
57	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
58	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
59	Proof Over Precedent	Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School	Government	77	Castos	38
60	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
61	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
62	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
63	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
64	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
65	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
66	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
67	The United States Constitution	The U.S. Constitution	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	48
68	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
69	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
70	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
71	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
72	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
73	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
74	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
75	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
76	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
77	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
78	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
79	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
81	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
82	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
83	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
84	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
85	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	94	Simplecast	52
86	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	730	Captivate	53
87	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
88	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
89	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
90	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
91	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	11	Simplecast	63
92	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
93	Building Connections, The ULI Charlotte Podcast	Queen City Podcast Network	Government	11	Megaphone	38
94	Unintended Consequences	Cato Institute	Government	29	Acast	64
96	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
97	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
98	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1115	Megaphone	48
99	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
100	Betting on America: Winning the Global Tech Race	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	40	Megaphone	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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