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 31 oct. 2025

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10/31/2025

Average data

Episodes: 359

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:42:55

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

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

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
8	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
9	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
10	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
13	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
16	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
17	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
18	Dismantling DEI	Goldwater Institute	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	48
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
20	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
21	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
22	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
26	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
27	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
28	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
29	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
30	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
31	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
32	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
33	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
35	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
36	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
37	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
38	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
39	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
40	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
41	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
42	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
43	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
44	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
45	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
46	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
47	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
48	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
49	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
50	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
51	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
52	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
53	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
54	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
55	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
56	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
57	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
58	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
59	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
60	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
61	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
62	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
64	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
65	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
66	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
67	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	237	Buzzsprout	83
68	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
70	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
71	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
72	Third Due First In	3rdDue1stIn	Government	12	N/A	N/A
73	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
74	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
75	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
76	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
77	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
78	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
79	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
80	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
81	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
83	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
84	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
85	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
86	ABOTA Speaks	American Board of Trial Advocates	Government	23	RSS.com	68
87	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
88	The Veterans Disability Nexus	Leah Bucholz	Government	242	Transistor	79
89	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
90	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
91	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
92	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
93	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
94	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
95	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
96	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
97	Fifth & State	Fifth & State	Government	12	Buzzsprout	58
98	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
99	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
100	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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