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 23 Dec 2025

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12/23/2025

Average data

Episodes: 337

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:44:07

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

4. AEI Podcasts (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1974	Megaphone	53
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2771	Megaphone	38
5	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
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	50	Omny Studio	52
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
12	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
14	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
16	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
17	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	157	Megaphone	48
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
20	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	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	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
23	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
24	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
25	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
26	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
29	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
30	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
33	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
34	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
35	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1986	BBC	43
36	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
37	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
38	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
39	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	276	Libsyn	58
40	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
41	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
42	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
43	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
44	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
45	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
46	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	941	Megaphone	38
48	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
49	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
50	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
51	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
52	Transparency Talks	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Government	11	Buzzsprout	58
53	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	26	Simplecast	68
54	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	42	Libsyn	48
55	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
56	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
57	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
58	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
59	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
60	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	833	Libsyn	27
61	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
62	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
64	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	63	Libsyn	38
65	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
66	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
67	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
68	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
69	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
70	Consider the Constitution	The Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution	Government	72	Buzzsprout	52
72	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	65	Simplecast	58
73	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
74	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	242	StreamGuys	27
75	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	26	Simplecast	58
76	Liberty Lounge Podcast	Anthony Miranda, Jared Yanis, Johnny B	Government	142	Spotify for Podcasters	48
77	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
78	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	73	Zencastr	32
79	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	940	Buzzsprout	63
80	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
81	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
82	The United States Constitution	The U.S. Constitution	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	48
83	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
84	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
85	National Park Service Oral History	National Park Service Oral History	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
86	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1119	Megaphone	48
87	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
88	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	75	Captivate	63
89	Texas Matters	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	38
90	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	469	Omny Studio	59
91	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
92	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
93	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	58	Buzzsprout	48
94	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
95	EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy	EQUALS	Government	104	Acast	73
96	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
98	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
99	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
100	California MCLE Podcast	TalksOnLaw	Government	58	Blubrry	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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