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 27 Oct 2025

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10/27/2025

Average data

Episodes: 393

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:42:14

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

3. Center for Strategic and International Studies (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. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2747	Megaphone	38
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1958	Megaphone	53
6	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	316	Megaphone	63
10	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	55	Simplecast	79
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
12	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	918	RSS.com	42
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	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	386	Megaphone	53
17	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
18	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
19	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
20	American Potential	American Potential	News	477	Podbean	68
21	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
22	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
23	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
24	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	273	Libsyn	58
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
28	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
29	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	934	Megaphone	38
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
32	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
33	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
34	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	200	PRX	59
35	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
36	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
37	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
38	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
39	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
40	The Merge	The Merge	Government	67	Spotify for Podcasters	38
41	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
42	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	114	Megaphone	43
43	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	457	Megaphone	58
44	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1981	BBC	43
45	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
46	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
47	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
48	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
49	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
50	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
51	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	210	Unknown	58
52	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
53	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
54	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
55	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
56	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	163	Megaphone	38
57	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
58	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
59	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	934	Buzzsprout	63
60	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
61	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
62	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
63	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
64	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
65	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	215	Simplecast	59
66	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	25	Simplecast	58
67	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
68	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
69	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
70	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
71	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
72	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
73	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	324	Simplecast	73
74	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
75	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
76	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
77	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	728	Unknown	43
78	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	380	Unknown	43
79	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
80	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
81	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
82	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1655	Unknown	43
83	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	258	Acast	69
84	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
85	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	152	Unknown	49
86	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
87	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
88	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1111	Megaphone	48
90	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
91	Zohran Mamdani - Biography Flash	Liquid Studios	Government	156	Megaphone	63
92	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
93	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
94	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
95	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
96	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
97	Politics As Unusual w/Molly Jong-Fast & Rick Wilson	Jesse Cannon	Government	1	Acast	58
98	Be All You Can Be MSC	SKM	Government	42	Buzzsprout	59
99	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
100	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53

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