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 déc. 2025

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12/23/2025

Average data

Episodes: 320

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:43:41

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. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. AEI Podcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	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	2001	Megaphone	43
5	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
10	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
12	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
16	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
17	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	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	380	Megaphone	53
23	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
24	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
25	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
26	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	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	98	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	1965	BBC	43
36	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
37	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
38	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
39	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
40	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
41	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
42	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
43	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
44	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
45	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	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	906	Megaphone	38
48	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
49	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
50	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
51	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
52	Transparency Talks	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Government	11	Buzzsprout	58
53	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	18	Simplecast	53
54	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	28	Libsyn	53
55	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
56	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
57	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
58	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
59	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
60	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	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
63	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
64	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
65	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
66	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	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	65	Buzzsprout	52
71	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
72	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
73	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
74	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
75	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	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	71	Zencastr	32
79	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	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	60	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	1086	Megaphone	48
87	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
88	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
89	Texas Matters	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
90	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	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	54	Buzzsprout	48
94	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
95	EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy	EQUALS	Government	101	Acast	73
96	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
98	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
99	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
100	California MCLE Podcast	TalksOnLaw	Government	58	Blubrry	48

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