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 12 Dec 2025

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12/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 385

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:16

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

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

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
8	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
12	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
23	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
24	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
25	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
26	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
28	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
29	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
32	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
33	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
34	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
35	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
37	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
38	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
39	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
40	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
41	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
43	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
44	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
45	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
46	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
47	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
48	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
49	Behind the Covers	Dakota County Library	Government	18	Libsyn	63
50	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
51	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
52	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
53	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
54	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
55	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	9	Unknown	38
56	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
57	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
58	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
59	Illinois Policy Podcast	Illinois Policy	Government	72	Megaphone	49
60	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
61	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
62	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
63	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
64	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
65	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
66	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
67	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
68	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
69	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
70	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
71	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
72	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
73	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
74	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
75	Actually, Olympia	OlyTV3	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	53
76	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
77	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
78	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
79	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
80	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	28	Libsyn	53
81	PFFA Pod	PFFA Pod	Government	88	Soundcloud	49
82	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
83	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
84	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
85	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
86	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	193	Transistor	63
87	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
88	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
89	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
90	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
91	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
92	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
93	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
94	Military Retirement Podcast	w/ John McConnell and Victor De La Flor	Government	135	Spotify for Podcasters	47
95	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
96	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
97	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
98	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
99	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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