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.

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12/08/2025

Average data

Episodes: 399

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:31

Top 5 authors

1. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

2. The DSR Network (2 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (13 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
3	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	15	Omny Studio	63
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	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	336	RedCircle	58
9	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
11	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
12	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
17	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
18	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
20	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
21	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
25	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
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	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
29	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
33	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
34	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
35	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
36	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
37	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
41	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
42	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
43	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
44	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
45	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
46	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
47	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
48	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
49	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
50	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
51	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
52	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	25	Captivate	48
53	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
54	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
55	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
56	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
57	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	546	Libsyn	58
58	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	38
59	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
60	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
61	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
62	Community Catalysts	Matt Lehrman	Government	119	Libsyn	78
63	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
64	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	Congressional Dish Details temporarily unavailable	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
66	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
67	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1664	Unknown	43
68	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
69	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	22
70	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
71	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
72	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	12	Megaphone	63
73	Behind the Covers	Dakota County Library	Government	18	Libsyn	63
74	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
75	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
76	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
77	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
78	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
79	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
80	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	680	Libsyn	58
81	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
82	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
83	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
84	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
85	Pantsuits and Lawsuits with Attorneys General Kris Mayes and Dana Nessel	Attorneys General Kris Mayes & Dana Nessel	Government	23	Buzzsprout	68
86	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
87	Care for Ohio : The Podcast	Bryan Hambley	Government	0	Podbean	17
88	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	26	Simplecast	58
89	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
90	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
91	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
92	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
93	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
94	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
95	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
96	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	302	Acast	48
98	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
99	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	346	Substack	48
100	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49

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