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 25 Sep 2025

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09/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 371

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:53

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 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 (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Podbean (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	440	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	430	RedCircle	58
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1942	Megaphone	53
4	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	47	Omny Studio	69
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	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	148	Megaphone	48
9	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	382	Megaphone	53
10	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
11	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	911	RSS.com	42
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	310	Megaphone	63
15	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	88	Spreaker	54
16	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
17	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
18	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	267	Libsyn	58
19	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	454	Megaphone	58
20	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
21	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	167	Podbean	31
22	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
23	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	319	Simplecast	73
24	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
25	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
28	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
29	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	150	Megaphone	43
31	American Potential	American Potential	News	471	Podbean	68
32	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1973	BBC	43
33	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
34	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	155	Buzzsprout	47
35	The Secret Life Of Cookies	The DSR Network	Government	103	Megaphone	49
36	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	920	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	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	199	PRX	59
39	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
40	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
41	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	920	Buzzsprout	63
42	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
43	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
44	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
45	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
46	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
47	Proof Over Precedent	Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School	Government	71	Castos	38
48	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
49	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
50	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	111	Megaphone	43
51	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	92	Simplecast	52
52	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
53	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
54	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
55	The Merge	The Merge	Government	67	Spotify for Podcasters	38
56	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
57	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	351	Libsyn	68
58	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	248	Podbean	42
59	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
60	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	235	Omny Studio	73
61	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
62	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
63	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
64	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	62	Megaphone	73
65	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	469	Megaphone	49
66	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
67	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
68	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
69	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
70	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
71	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	255	Acast	69
72	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
73	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
74	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
75	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
76	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
77	The Quill & Sword	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	233	Unknown	43
78	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	29	Simplecast	58
79	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	826	Libsyn	27
80	The HaltingWinter Podcast	Seth Winterhalter	Government	358	Libsyn	48
81	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
82	Hot Tones & Cold Cases	Goodyear Police Department	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
84	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
85	The United States Constitution	The U.S. Constitution	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	48
86	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
87	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	309	Megaphone	63
88	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
89	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
90	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
91	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
92	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	48	Megaphone	48
93	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
94	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
95	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
96	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
97	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1098	Megaphone	48
98	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	726	Captivate	53
99	Philip Teresi	KMJ	Government	100	Omny Studio	48
100	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58

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