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 09 Dec 2025

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12/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 381

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:41

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (2 shows)

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (14 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	440	Audioboom	63
2	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
3	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	46	Omny Studio	52
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1928	Megaphone	53
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2702	Megaphone	38
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	471	Podbean	68
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	88	Spreaker	54
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	310	Megaphone	63
12	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	910	RSS.com	42
14	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	148	Megaphone	48
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	382	Megaphone	53
16	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
18	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
19	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	267	Libsyn	58
22	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
23	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	155	Buzzsprout	47
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
28	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
31	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
33	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	469	Megaphone	49
34	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	150	Megaphone	43
35	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
36	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
37	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
38	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	919	Megaphone	38
39	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	454	Megaphone	58
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1973	BBC	43
41	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	920	Buzzsprout	63
42	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
43	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
44	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
45	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
46	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
47	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
48	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	333	Simplecast	63
49	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	53	Megaphone	38
50	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
51	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	309	Megaphone	63
52	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	319	Simplecast	73
53	Behind the Covers	Dakota County Library	Government	18	Libsyn	63
54	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
55	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
56	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	111	Megaphone	43
57	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
58	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
59	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
60	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
61	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
62	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
63	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
64	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	351	Libsyn	68
65	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	574	Podbean	32
66	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
67	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	235	Omny Studio	73
68	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
69	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
70	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
71	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	532	Libsyn	58
72	The Merge	The Merge	Government	67	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
74	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
75	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
76	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
77	Community Catalysts	Matt Lehrman	Government	106	Libsyn	83
78	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
79	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
80	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
81	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
82	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
83	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	62	Megaphone	73
84	Compass Points	Scott Barker	Government	230	Libsyn	68
85	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
86	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
87	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	826	Libsyn	27
88	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	179	Buzzsprout	68
89	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
90	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
91	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	25	Simplecast	58
92	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
93	The Veterans Disability Nexus	Leah Bucholz	Government	276	Transistor	68
94	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	248	Podbean	42
95	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
96	The Daniel Mael Show	Daniel Mael	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
98	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1635	Unknown	43
99	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
100	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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