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 19 Dec 2025

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12/19/2025

Average data

Episodes: 342

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:43

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Unknown (8 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	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
10	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
11	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
12	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
15	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
16	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
17	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
19	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
23	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
24	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
25	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
26	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
29	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
31	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
32	Transparency Talks	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Government	11	Buzzsprout	58
33	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
34	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
35	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
36	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
37	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
38	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	18	Simplecast	53
39	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
41	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
42	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
43	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
44	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
45	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
46	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
47	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
48	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
49	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
50	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
51	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
52	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
53	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
54	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
55	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
56	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
57	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
58	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
59	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
60	Guardian Mindset Podcast	Attorney Eric Daigle	Government	51	Castos	38
62	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
63	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
64	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
65	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
66	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
67	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
68	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
69	Light On Conspiracies	Ole Dammegard	Government	2	Soundcloud	53
70	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
71	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
72	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
73	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
74	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
75	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
76	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
77	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
78	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
79	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
80	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
81	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
82	What Lansing Council	Jill Dombrowski	Government	32	Spotify for Podcasters	53
83	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	28	Libsyn	53
84	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
85	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
86	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
87	AIPAC	AIPAC	Government	8	Transistor	53
88	The Betrayal of the American Right	Mises Institute	Government	16	Unknown	48
89	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	9	Unknown	38
90	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
91	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
92	Behind the Covers	Dakota County Library	Government	18	Libsyn	63
93	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
94	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
95	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
96	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
97	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
98	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
99	EpiscoPols	The Episcopal Church	Government	26	Megaphone	89
100	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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