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 30 Oct 2025

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10/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 385

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:43:17

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

4. The DSR Network (3 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
8	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
9	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
12	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
13	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
15	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
16	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
17	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
18	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
19	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
20	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
23	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
24	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
26	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	46	Megaphone	48
27	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
28	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
29	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
30	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	51	Megaphone	38
31	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
32	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
33	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
34	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
35	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
36	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
37	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
38	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
39	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
40	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
41	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
42	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
43	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
44	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	908	Megaphone	38
45	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
46	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
47	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
48	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
49	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
50	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
51	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
52	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
53	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
54	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
55	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
56	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
57	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
58	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
59	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	315	Simplecast	73
60	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
61	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
62	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
63	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
64	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
66	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
67	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
68	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
69	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
70	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
71	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
72	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
73	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
74	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
75	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
76	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	238	Buzzsprout	83
77	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
78	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	913	Buzzsprout	63
79	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
80	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
81	ABOTA Speaks	American Board of Trial Advocates	Government	23	RSS.com	68
82	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
83	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
84	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
85	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
86	Smart Women, Smart Power	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	247	Megaphone	43
87	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
88	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
89	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
90	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
91	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
92	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
93	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
94	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
95	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
96	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
97	The Constitution Study podcast	Paul Engel: Author, speaker and podcaster	Government	97	Libsyn	42
98	Creatures of Statute	County Supervisors Association of Arizona	Government	18	RSS.com	48
99	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59
100	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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