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 02 Dec 2025

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12/02/2025

Average data

Episodes: 350

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:56:59

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Podbean (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1964	Megaphone	53
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
8	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
9	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
10	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2756	Megaphone	38
11	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	478	Podbean	68
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
16	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
17	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
18	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
20	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
21	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
22	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
24	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	155	Megaphone	48
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
27	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
28	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	458	Megaphone	58
30	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1983	BBC	43
31	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
32	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
33	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
34	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
35	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
36	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
37	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
38	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
39	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
40	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
41	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
42	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
43	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
44	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
45	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	935	Buzzsprout	63
46	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
47	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
48	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
49	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	114	Megaphone	43
50	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
51	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
52	The Separation of Powers	Separation of Powers Institute	Government	11	Podbean	48
53	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
54	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
55	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
56	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	38
57	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
58	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
59	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
60	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
61	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	752	Libsyn	37
62	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	316	Megaphone	63
63	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
64	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
65	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
66	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
67	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي Details temporarily unavailable	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Omny Studio	48
68	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
69	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
70	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
71	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
72	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
73	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
74	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
75	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
76	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
77	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
78	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
79	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
80	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
81	Unintended Consequences	Cato Institute	Government	28	Acast	54
82	Clean Water Works	Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District	Government	68	Buzzsprout	63
83	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	936	Megaphone	38
84	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
85	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
86	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
87	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	325	Simplecast	73
88	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
89	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
90	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
91	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
92	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
93	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
95	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
96	DETERRENCE SCHOOL	School of Defense & Strategic Studies @ Missouri State University	Government	14	Substack	49
97	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	59	Megaphone	38
98	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
99	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
100	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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