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 14 Dec 2025

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12/14/2025

Average data

Episodes: 347

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:33

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The Heritage Foundation (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Unknown (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 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	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2774	Megaphone	38
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
8	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1976	Megaphone	53
11	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
12	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
13	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
15	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
19	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
20	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
24	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
26	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
35	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
36	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
37	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
38	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
39	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	102	Buzzsprout	57
40	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
41	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	941	Buzzsprout	63
42	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
43	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
44	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
45	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
46	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
47	Behind the Covers	Dakota County Library	Government	18	Libsyn	63
48	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	942	Megaphone	38
49	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
50	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
51	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
52	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
53	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
54	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	42	Libsyn	48
55	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
56	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
57	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
58	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	381	Unknown	43
59	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
60	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
61	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
62	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
63	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
64	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
65	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
66	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
67	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
68	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
69	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
70	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	25	Captivate	48
71	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
72	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
73	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	546	Libsyn	58
74	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
75	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
76	Calendar Call	CT Judicial Branch	Government	52	Unknown	43
77	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
78	Actually, Olympia	OlyTV3	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	53
79	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
80	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	66	Simplecast	58
81	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
82	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	38
83	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
84	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
85	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
86	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
87	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
88	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	36	Megaphone	37
89	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
90	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
91	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	12	Megaphone	63
92	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
93	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
94	National Park Service Oral History	National Park Service Oral History	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
95	Illinois Policy Podcast	Illinois Policy	Government	72	Megaphone	49
96	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
97	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
98	Swamp Justice	The Heritage Foundation	Government	24	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
100	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49

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