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 Oct 2025

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10/24/2025

Average data

Episodes: 362

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:06

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	439	Audioboom	63
2	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2690	Megaphone	38
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1920	Megaphone	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
10	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
11	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
12	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	51	Simplecast	79
13	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
15	American Potential	American Potential	News	469	Podbean	68
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
17	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
19	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
20	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	907	RSS.com	42
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
25	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
31	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
32	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	154	Buzzsprout	47
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
34	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
35	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	110	Megaphone	43
36	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
37	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
38	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	453	Megaphone	58
39	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
40	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
41	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	198	PRX	59
42	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
43	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	52	Megaphone	38
44	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
45	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
46	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
47	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
48	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
49	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
50	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
51	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
52	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	724	Unknown	43
53	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
54	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
55	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	308	Megaphone	63
56	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
57	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
58	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
59	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
60	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
61	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
62	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
63	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
64	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
65	New Faces of Democracy	Nancy Bynum	Government	79	Captivate	63
66	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
67	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	25	Simplecast	58
68	Pantsuits and Lawsuits with Attorneys General Kris Mayes and Dana Nessel	Attorneys General Kris Mayes & Dana Nessel	Government	23	Buzzsprout	68
69	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
70	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	317	Simplecast	73
71	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
72	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
73	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
74	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	825	Libsyn	27
75	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	68	Libsyn	63
76	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	917	Buzzsprout	63
77	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
79	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
80	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	338	Substack	53
81	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
82	EpiscoPols	The Episcopal Church	Government	26	Megaphone	89
83	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
84	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
85	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
86	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
87	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	100	Buzzsprout	63
88	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
89	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
90	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
91	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	64	Substack	43
92	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	748	Libsyn	37
93	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
94	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	254	Acast	69
95	Cap Chat Texas	Stephanie Chiarello, David Mintz	Government	31	Simplecast	63
96	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
97	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	529	Libsyn	58
98	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
99	Lawfare No Bull	Lawfare	Government	100	Acast	43
100	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28

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