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 17 déc. 2025

Country

Main category

Sub category

Date

12/17/2025

Average data

Episodes: 321

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:42:19

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 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	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
11	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
13	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
16	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
17	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
20	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
21	Transparency Talks	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Government	11	Buzzsprout	58
22	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
24	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
25	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
26	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
27	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
28	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
30	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
34	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
35	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
36	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
37	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
38	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
39	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	24	Simplecast	68
40	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
41	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
42	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
43	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
44	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
45	The Betrayal of the American Right	Mises Institute	Government	16	Unknown	48
46	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
47	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
48	Guardian Mindset Podcast	Attorney Eric Daigle	Government	51	Castos	38
49	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
50	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
51	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
52	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
53	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
54	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
55	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
56	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
57	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
58	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	28	Libsyn	53
59	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
60	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
61	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
62	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	9	Unknown	38
63	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
64	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
65	Behind the Covers	Dakota County Library	Government	18	Libsyn	63
66	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
67	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
68	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
69	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
70	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
71	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
72	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
73	EpiscoPols	The Episcopal Church	Government	26	Megaphone	89
74	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
75	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
76	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
77	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
78	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
79	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
80	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
82	The Voting Booth	AEI Podcasts	Government	61	Captivate	48
83	The Ben Franklin Fellowship: The JUNTO Project Podcast	The Ben Franklin Fellowship	Government	9	RSS.com	42
84	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
85	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
86	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
87	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
88	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
89	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
90	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
91	Consider the Constitution	The Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution	Government	65	Buzzsprout	52
92	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
93	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	87	Megaphone	38
94	In Our Defence	India Today Podcasts	Government	196	Spreaker	49
95	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
96	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
97	Today in Parliament	BBC Radio 4	Government	12	BBC	28
98	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
99	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
100	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in USA.
Explore more data on podcast rankings by diving into other categories and countries, and stay ahead in the ever-changing podcast scene.

Previous charts Next charts

About Methodology Contact Support me Privacy Policy Legal Notice