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 07 Dec 2025

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12/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 404

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:45:49

Top 5 authors

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

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

4. The DSR Network (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (8 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	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
11	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
12	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
13	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
16	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
17	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
20	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
22	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
23	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
24	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
25	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
26	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
27	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
28	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
29	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
31	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
33	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
34	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
35	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
36	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
37	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
40	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
41	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
42	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
43	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
44	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
45	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
46	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
47	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
48	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
49	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
50	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
51	Community Catalysts	Matt Lehrman	Government	119	Libsyn	78
52	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
53	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
54	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
55	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
56	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
57	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
58	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1663	Unknown	43
59	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
60	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
61	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
62	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
63	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
64	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
65	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
66	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
67	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
68	Pantsuits and Lawsuits with Attorneys General Kris Mayes and Dana Nessel	Attorneys General Kris Mayes & Dana Nessel	Government	23	Buzzsprout	68
69	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
70	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
71	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	12	Megaphone	63
72	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
74	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
75	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
76	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
77	The Update GP	City of Grants Pass	Government	12	Transistor	58
78	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
79	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
80	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
81	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
82	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
83	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	381	Unknown	43
84	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
85	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
86	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	22
87	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	302	Acast	48
88	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
89	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
90	Best of News Talk 590 WVLK AM	NewsTalk 590 WVLK \| Cumulus Media Lexington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
91	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
92	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
93	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
94	Inside Pima County with Rex Scott	Supervisor Rex Scott	Government	2	RSS.com	58
95	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
96	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	180	Buzzsprout	68
97	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	54	Megaphone	48
98	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
99	Betting on America: Winning the Global Tech Race	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	40	Megaphone	38
100	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63

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