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 13 déc. 2025

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12/13/2025

Average data

Episodes: 348

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:44:39

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (2 shows)

2. Cato Institute (2 shows)

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Unknown (9 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	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
14	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
16	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
18	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
23	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
24	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
25	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
26	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
27	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
28	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
29	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
30	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
31	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
32	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
33	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
34	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
35	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
37	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
38	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
39	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
40	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
41	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
42	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	28	Libsyn	53
43	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
44	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
45	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
46	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
47	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
48	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
49	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
50	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
51	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
52	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
53	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
54	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
55	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
56	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
57	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
58	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
59	Actually, Olympia	OlyTV3	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	53
60	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
61	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
62	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	9	Unknown	38
63	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
64	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
65	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
66	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
67	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
68	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
69	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
70	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
71	Behind the Covers	Dakota County Library	Government	18	Libsyn	63
72	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
73	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
74	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
75	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
76	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
77	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	Calendar Call	CT Judicial Branch	Government	52	Unknown	43
79	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
80	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
81	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
82	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
83	Unintended Consequences	Cato Institute	Government	27	Acast	54
84	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
85	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
86	Illinois Policy Podcast	Illinois Policy	Government	72	Megaphone	49
87	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
88	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
89	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
90	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
91	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
92	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
94	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
95	Next City	Straw Hut Media	Government	162	Spreaker	59
96	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
97	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
98	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
99	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
100	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59

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