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 05 Dec 2025

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12/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 396

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:13

Top 5 authors

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

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

4. The DSR Network (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
9	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
10	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
12	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	921	RSS.com	42
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
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	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
22	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
24	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
25	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
26	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
31	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
35	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
36	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
37	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
38	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
39	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
40	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
41	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
42	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
43	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
44	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
45	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
46	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
47	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
48	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
49	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
50	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
51	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
52	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
53	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
54	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
55	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	54	Megaphone	48
56	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
57	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
58	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
59	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
60	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
61	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
62	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
63	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
64	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
65	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
66	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
67	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
68	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1661	Unknown	43
69	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
70	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
71	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي Details temporarily unavailable	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Omny Studio	48
72	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
73	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
74	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
75	Moving Experiences: Stories of the CTA	Chicago Transit Authority	Government	9	Buzzsprout	42
76	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
77	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
78	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	12	Megaphone	63
79	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
80	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
81	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
82	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
83	We Are The Government	Dipka Hesse	Government	1	N/A	N/A
84	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
85	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
86	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
88	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
89	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
90	Command and Control	Peter Roberts	Government	50	Libsyn	73
91	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
92	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
93	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
94	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
95	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
96	Transparency Talks	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Government	11	Buzzsprout	58
98	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
99	Official Positions ©	Davis Ellison	Government	7	RSS.com	58
100	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73

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