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 20 Dec 2025

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12/20/2025

Average data

Episodes: 341

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:43:59

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Mises Institute (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Acast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
8	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
9	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
13	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
17	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
19	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
22	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
24	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
25	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
26	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
27	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
29	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
30	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	Transparency Talks	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Government	11	Buzzsprout	58
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
33	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
34	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
35	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
36	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
37	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	24	Simplecast	68
38	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
39	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
40	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
41	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
42	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
43	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
44	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
45	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
46	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
47	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
48	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
49	Light On Conspiracies	Ole Dammegard	Government	2	Soundcloud	53
50	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
51	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
52	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
53	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
54	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
55	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
56	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
57	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
58	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
59	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	28	Libsyn	53
60	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
61	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
62	What Lansing Council	Jill Dombrowski	Government	32	Spotify for Podcasters	53
63	Radio Lawrence	Shane Powers	Government	2	RSS.com	58
64	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
65	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
66	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
67	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
68	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
69	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
70	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
71	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
72	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
73	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
74	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
75	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
76	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
77	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
78	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
79	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
80	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
81	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
82	Guardian Mindset Podcast	Attorney Eric Daigle	Government	51	Castos	38
83	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
84	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
85	The Betrayal of the American Right	Mises Institute	Government	16	Unknown	48
86	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
87	The Veterans Disability Nexus	Leah Bucholz	Government	242	Transistor	79
88	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
89	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
90	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
91	Clerk Talk	Florida Court Clerks & Comptrollers	Government	1	Buzzsprout	68
92	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
93	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
94	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
96	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
97	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
98	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
100	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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