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 22 Dec 2025

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12/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 349

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:38

Top 5 authors

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

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. The DSR Network (3 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
7	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
8	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	15	Omny Studio	63
9	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
12	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
13	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
15	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
18	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
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	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
22	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
23	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
24	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
25	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
27	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
28	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
31	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
32	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
33	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
34	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
35	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
36	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
37	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
38	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
39	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
41	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
42	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
43	Congressional Dish Details temporarily unavailable	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
44	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
45	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
46	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	63	Libsyn	38
47	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
48	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
49	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
50	Transparency Talks	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Government	11	Buzzsprout	58
51	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
52	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
53	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	26	Simplecast	68
54	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
55	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
56	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
57	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
58	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
59	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
60	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
61	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
62	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
63	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
65	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	26	Simplecast	58
66	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
67	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
68	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	22
69	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
70	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
71	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
72	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
74	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
75	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
76	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
77	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
78	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	59	Buzzsprout	48
79	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
80	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
81	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
82	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	42	Libsyn	48
83	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	25	Captivate	48
84	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	38
85	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	680	Libsyn	58
86	Liberty Lounge Podcast	Anthony Miranda, Jared Yanis, Johnny B	Government	142	Spotify for Podcasters	48
87	Behind the Covers	Dakota County Library	Government	18	Libsyn	63
88	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
89	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
91	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
92	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
93	Oral Arguments from the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals	Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals	Government & Organizations	0	Unknown	28
94	Light On Conspiracies	Ole Dammegard	Government	2	Soundcloud	53
95	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
96	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
97	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
98	National Park Service Oral History	National Park Service Oral History	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
99	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
100	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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