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 11 Dec 2025

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12/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 398

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:45:29

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

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

4. AEI Podcasts (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	15	Omny Studio	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	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	51	Omny Studio	52
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1976	Megaphone	53
10	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2774	Megaphone	38
11	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
12	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
13	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
18	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
22	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
23	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
24	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
25	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
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	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
30	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
31	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
32	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
33	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
35	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
36	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
37	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
38	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
40	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
41	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
42	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
43	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
44	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
45	Behind the Covers	Dakota County Library	Government	18	Libsyn	63
46	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
47	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
48	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	941	Buzzsprout	63
49	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	38
50	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
51	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
52	Illinois Policy Podcast	Illinois Policy	Government	72	Megaphone	49
53	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
54	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	942	Megaphone	38
55	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
56	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
57	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
58	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
59	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
60	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
61	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
62	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1663	Unknown	43
63	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
64	PFFA Pod	PFFA Pod	Government	88	Soundcloud	49
65	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	180	Buzzsprout	68
66	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
67	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	75	Captivate	63
68	Actually, Olympia	OlyTV3	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	53
69	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
70	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
71	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
72	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
73	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
74	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
75	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
76	Community Catalysts	Matt Lehrman	Government	119	Libsyn	78
77	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	680	Libsyn	58
78	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
79	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
80	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
81	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
82	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
83	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
84	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
85	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
86	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
87	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
88	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
89	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
91	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
92	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
93	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	197	Transistor	63
95	Gov360	Chris Mann	Government	34	Podbean	73
96	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
97	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
98	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	25	Captivate	48
99	The Smart Nonprofit Master Class	NonprofitWebsites.com	Government	17	Soundcloud	49
100	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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