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 29 Sep 2025

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09/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 344

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:11

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 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. Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 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	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
6	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
12	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
15	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
18	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
19	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
20	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
21	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
22	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
25	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
26	Life With Tori Samone	torigoldentg	Government	36	Podbean	48
27	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
28	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
30	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
31	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
34	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
35	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
36	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
37	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
38	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
39	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
40	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
41	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
43	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
44	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
45	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
46	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
47	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
48	Take 2	KUTV 2News	Government	288	ART19	53
49	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
50	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
51	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
52	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
53	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
54	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
55	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
56	Proof Over Precedent	Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School	Government	69	Castos	38
57	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
58	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
59	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
60	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
61	The Secret Life Of Cookies	The DSR Network	Government	103	Megaphone	49
62	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
63	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
64	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
65	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
67	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
68	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
69	CuriosiD	WDET	Government	93	Unknown	43
70	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
71	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
72	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
73	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
74	The GOAL Podcast - Official Podcast of Gun Owners' Action League	GOAL	Government	183	Libsyn	47
75	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
76	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
77	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
78	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
79	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	29	Simplecast	58
80	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
81	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
82	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
83	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
84	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
85	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
86	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
87	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
88	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
89	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
90	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
91	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
92	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
93	Q-POINT	Corenna Quirk \| David Quirk	Government	120	Buzzsprout	73
94	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
95	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
96	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
97	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
98	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	52	Spotify for Podcasters	43
99	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
100	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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