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 16 Dec 2025

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12/16/2025

Average data

Episodes: 377

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:21

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (4 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Unknown (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (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	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
10	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
11	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
12	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
13	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
17	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
18	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
21	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
22	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
23	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
25	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
26	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
29	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
33	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
34	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
35	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
36	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
37	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
40	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
41	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
42	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
43	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
44	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
45	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	26	Simplecast	58
46	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
47	Behind the Covers	Dakota County Library	Government	18	Libsyn	63
48	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
49	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
51	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	11	Unknown	38
52	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	110	Buzzsprout	63
53	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
54	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
55	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
56	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	102	Buzzsprout	57
57	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
58	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
59	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
60	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
61	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
62	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
63	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	382	Unknown	43
65	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
66	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
67	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
68	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	42	Libsyn	48
69	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
70	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
71	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	93	Megaphone	38
72	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
73	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
74	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
75	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
76	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
77	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
78	The Betrayal of the American Right	Mises Institute	Government	16	Unknown	48
79	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
80	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
81	The Secret Life Of Cookies	The DSR Network	Government	103	Megaphone	49
82	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
83	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	216	Megaphone	49
84	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	94	Simplecast	52
85	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
86	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
87	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
88	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	469	Omny Studio	59
89	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
90	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
91	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
92	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	680	Libsyn	58
93	Actually, Olympia	OlyTV3	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	53
94	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
95	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
96	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
97	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
98	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
99	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
100	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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