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 01 Dec 2025

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12/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 367

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:46:18

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Podbean (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	438	Audioboom	63
2	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	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	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	45	Omny Studio	52
7	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
8	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1918	Megaphone	53
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	469	Podbean	68
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
12	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	907	RSS.com	42
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
16	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
17	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
19	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
21	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
22	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
23	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	453	Megaphone	58
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	333	Simplecast	63
26	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
27	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
28	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
29	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	154	Buzzsprout	47
30	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
31	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
32	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
33	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
34	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
35	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
36	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
37	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
38	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
39	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
40	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
41	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
42	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
43	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	307	Megaphone	63
44	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
45	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
46	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
47	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
48	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
49	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
50	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
51	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
52	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	52	Megaphone	38
53	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	369	Megaphone	43
54	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
55	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	915	Buzzsprout	63
56	Clean Water Works	Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District	Government	68	Buzzsprout	63
57	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
58	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
59	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
60	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	724	Unknown	43
61	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي Details temporarily unavailable	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Omny Studio	48
62	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
63	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
64	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	317	Simplecast	73
65	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	110	Megaphone	43
66	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	748	Libsyn	37
67	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
68	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	573	Podbean	32
69	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
70	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
71	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
72	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
73	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	9	Unknown	38
74	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
75	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
76	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
77	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	9	BBC	22
78	DETERRENCE SCHOOL	School of Defense & Strategic Studies @ Missouri State University	Government	14	Substack	49
79	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	248	Podbean	42
80	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
81	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
82	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
83	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
84	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
85	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
86	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
87	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
88	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
90	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
91	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
92	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
93	Military Retirement Podcast	w/ John McConnell and Victor De La Flor	Government	135	Spotify for Podcasters	47
95	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
96	Best of News Talk 590 WVLK AM	NewsTalk 590 WVLK \| Cumulus Media Lexington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
97	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	198	PRX	59
98	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
99	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
100	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54

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