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 28 Oct 2025

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10/28/2025

Average data

Episodes: 389

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:42:47

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	438	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1918	Megaphone	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2687	Megaphone	38
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
9	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
11	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	907	RSS.com	42
12	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	51	Simplecast	79
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
15	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
16	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
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	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
20	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
21	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
22	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
23	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
24	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
25	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
26	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
27	American Potential	American Potential	News	469	Podbean	68
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
30	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	52	Megaphone	38
31	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
32	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
33	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
34	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
35	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
36	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
37	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
40	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	91	Megaphone	59
41	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
42	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	453	Megaphone	58
43	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
44	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	154	Buzzsprout	47
45	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	198	PRX	59
46	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
47	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
48	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
49	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
50	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	369	Megaphone	43
51	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	110	Megaphone	43
52	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
53	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
54	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
55	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
56	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	915	Buzzsprout	63
57	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
58	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	317	Simplecast	73
59	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
60	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
61	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
62	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
63	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
64	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
65	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
66	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1629	Unknown	43
67	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	47	Megaphone	48
68	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	307	Megaphone	63
69	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
70	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
71	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
72	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	248	Podbean	42
73	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	64	Substack	43
74	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	376	Unknown	43
75	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
76	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
77	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
78	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
79	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	724	Unknown	43
80	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	25	Simplecast	58
81	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	825	Libsyn	27
82	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
83	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
84	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	68	Libsyn	63
85	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	748	Libsyn	37
86	Consider the Constitution	The Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution	Government	65	Buzzsprout	52
87	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
88	Zohran Mamdani - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Government	144	Megaphone	63
89	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
90	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1093	Megaphone	48
91	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
92	Best of News Talk 590 WVLK AM	NewsTalk 590 WVLK \| Cumulus Media Lexington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
93	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	96	Megaphone	49
94	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
95	FedUpward Podcast - Tips for Federal Government Employees	Love Rutledge	Government	199	Libsyn	47
96	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
97	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	573	Podbean	32
98	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
99	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
100	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43

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