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 Oct 2025

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10/26/2025

Average data

Episodes: 379

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:36

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

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

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2750	Megaphone	38
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1960	Megaphone	53
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	317	Megaphone	63
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
11	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	55	Simplecast	79
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	477	Podbean	68
13	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
14	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
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	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	386	Megaphone	53
19	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
20	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	273	Libsyn	58
21	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
22	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
23	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
24	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
25	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	919	RSS.com	42
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
29	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
30	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	934	Megaphone	38
31	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
33	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
34	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
35	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
36	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
37	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
40	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	114	Megaphone	43
41	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	457	Megaphone	58
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 Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1982	BBC	43
44	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
45	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
46	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
47	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
48	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
49	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
50	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
51	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
52	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
53	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
54	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
55	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	25	Simplecast	58
56	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
57	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	316	Megaphone	63
58	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
59	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	935	Buzzsprout	63
60	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
61	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
62	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	380	Unknown	43
63	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
64	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	728	Unknown	43
65	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	215	Simplecast	59
67	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
68	Not Quite Quorum	Laura Bergus and Oliver Weilein	Government	39	Squarespace	58
69	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
70	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
71	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
72	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1657	Unknown	43
73	Community Catalysts	Matt Lehrman	Government	119	Libsyn	78
74	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
75	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
76	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	163	Megaphone	38
77	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
78	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
79	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
81	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
82	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
83	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
84	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
85	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	324	Simplecast	73
86	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
87	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	72	Zencastr	32
88	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
89	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
90	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
91	Be All You Can Be MSC	SKM	Government	42	Buzzsprout	59
92	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
93	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
94	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
95	The United States Constitution	The U.S. Constitution	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	48
96	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
97	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
99	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
100	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42

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