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 10 Dec 2025

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12/10/2025

Average data

Episodes: 388

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:57

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. AEI Podcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
11	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
17	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
18	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
22	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
23	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
24	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
25	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
26	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
27	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
28	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
29	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
30	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
31	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
33	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
34	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
35	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
36	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
37	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
40	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
41	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
42	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
43	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
44	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
45	Behind the Covers	Dakota County Library	Government	18	Libsyn	63
46	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
47	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
48	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
49	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
50	PFFA Pod	PFFA Pod	Government	88	Soundcloud	49
51	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
52	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
53	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	9	Unknown	38
54	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
55	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
56	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
57	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
58	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
59	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
60	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
61	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
62	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
63	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
64	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
65	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
66	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
67	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
68	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
69	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
70	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
71	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
72	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
73	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
74	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
75	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
76	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
77	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
78	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
79	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
80	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
81	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
82	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
83	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
84	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
85	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
86	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
87	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
88	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
89	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
90	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
91	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
92	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
93	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
94	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
95	Next City	Straw Hut Media	Government	162	Spreaker	59
96	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
97	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
99	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	Government	197	Soundcloud	38
100	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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