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 04 Dec 2025

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12/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 412

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:56:04

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

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

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Podbean (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1966	Megaphone	53
3	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2759	Megaphone	38
8	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
9	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
10	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
11	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
12	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
14	American Potential	American Potential	News	478	Podbean	68
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
17	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
18	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
19	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
22	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
23	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
24	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
25	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
28	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
29	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
31	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
32	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
33	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
34	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
35	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
36	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	937	Megaphone	38
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
38	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
39	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
40	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
41	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
42	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
43	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	936	Buzzsprout	63
44	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
45	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
46	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
47	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
48	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
49	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	729	Unknown	43
50	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1658	Unknown	43
51	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
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 Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
54	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
55	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
56	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
57	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
58	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
59	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
60	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
61	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
63	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
64	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
65	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
66	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
67	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
68	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
69	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
70	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
71	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
72	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
73	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
74	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
75	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	469	Omny Studio	59
76	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
77	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	325	Simplecast	73
78	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
79	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
80	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
81	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	752	Libsyn	37
82	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي Details temporarily unavailable	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Omny Studio	48
83	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
84	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
85	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
86	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1115	Megaphone	48
87	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
88	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
89	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
90	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
91	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
92	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
94	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
95	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
96	Today in Parliament	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	28
97	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
98	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
99	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
100	The Separation of Powers	Separation of Powers Institute	Government	11	Podbean	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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