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 Oct 2025

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10/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 369

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:42:17

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 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 (23 shows)

2. Podbean (8 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	439	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2690	Megaphone	38
6	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1920	Megaphone	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	51	Simplecast	79
11	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
12	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
14	American Potential	American Potential	News	469	Podbean	68
15	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
16	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
17	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
21	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
22	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	907	RSS.com	42
24	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
29	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
31	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
32	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	154	Buzzsprout	47
33	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	110	Megaphone	43
34	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
35	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
36	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
37	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	198	PRX	59
38	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
40	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	453	Megaphone	58
41	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	52	Megaphone	38
42	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
43	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
44	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
45	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
46	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	25	Simplecast	58
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
48	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
49	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
50	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	308	Megaphone	63
51	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
52	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
53	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
54	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
55	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
56	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
57	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
58	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
59	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
60	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	724	Unknown	43
61	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	917	Buzzsprout	63
62	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
63	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	376	Unknown	43
64	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
65	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
66	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
67	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
68	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
69	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
70	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
71	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
72	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
73	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	825	Libsyn	27
74	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
75	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	748	Libsyn	37
76	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	317	Simplecast	73
77	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
78	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
79	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
80	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
81	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	151	Unknown	49
82	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
83	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	254	Acast	69
84	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
85	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
86	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
87	Pantsuits and Lawsuits with Attorneys General Kris Mayes and Dana Nessel	Attorneys General Kris Mayes & Dana Nessel	Government	23	Buzzsprout	68
88	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
89	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	New Faces of Democracy	Nancy Bynum	Government	79	Captivate	63
91	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
92	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
93	Simple Civics: Greenville County	Greater Good Greenville	Government	294	Transistor	63
94	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
95	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	38
96	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
97	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	96	Megaphone	49
98	EpiscoPols	The Episcopal Church	Government	26	Megaphone	89
99	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
100	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52

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