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 26 sept. 2025

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09/26/2025

Average data

Episodes: 350

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:45:35

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Podbean (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
6	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
13	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
17	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
18	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	313	Simplecast	73
19	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
20	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
21	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
22	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
23	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
27	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
28	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
31	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
32	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
33	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
34	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
35	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
36	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
37	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
38	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
39	Proof Over Precedent	Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School	Government	69	Castos	38
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
41	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
42	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
43	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
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	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
46	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
47	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
48	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
49	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
50	The Secret Life Of Cookies	The DSR Network	Government	103	Megaphone	49
51	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
52	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
53	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
54	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
55	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
56	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
57	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
58	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
59	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
60	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
61	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
62	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
63	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	29	Simplecast	58
64	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
65	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
66	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
67	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
68	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
69	Brookline.News Podcast	Brookline Interactive Group	Government	20	Pinecast	58
70	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
71	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
72	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
73	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
74	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
75	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
76	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
77	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
78	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
79	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
80	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
81	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
82	The Quill & Sword	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	233	Unknown	43
83	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
84	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
85	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
86	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
87	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
88	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
90	Philip Teresi	KMJ	Government	100	Omny Studio	48
91	The United States Constitution	The U.S. Constitution	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	48
92	Hot Tones & Cold Cases	Goodyear Police Department	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
94	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
95	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
96	Consider the Constitution	The Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution	Government	65	Buzzsprout	52
97	Lawfare No Bull	Lawfare	Government	100	Acast	43
98	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
99	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	82	Libsyn	63
100	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37

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