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 24 Dec 2025

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12/24/2025

Average data

Episodes: 351

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:29

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Armed American Radio (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
8	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
9	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
10	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
20	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
21	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
22	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
23	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
25	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
28	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
29	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
32	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
33	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
34	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
35	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
36	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
37	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
38	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
40	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
41	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
42	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
43	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
44	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
45	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
46	Transparency Talks	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Government	11	Buzzsprout	58
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
48	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
49	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	28	Libsyn	53
50	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	24	Simplecast	68
51	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
52	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
53	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
54	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
55	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
56	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
57	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
58	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
59	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
60	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
61	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
62	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
63	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
64	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
65	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
66	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
67	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
68	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
69	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
70	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
71	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
72	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
73	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
74	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
75	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
76	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
77	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59
78	Forking Off	Forking Off	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	53
79	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
80	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
81	Who Belongs?	Othering and Belonging Institute	Government	60	Pinecast	49
82	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
83	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
84	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
85	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
86	Liberty Lounge Podcast	Anthony Miranda, Jared Yanis, Johnny B	Government	142	Spotify for Podcasters	48
87	CTRL ALT DECEIT: Democracy in Danger	Democratys	Government	17	Simplecast	63
88	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
89	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
90	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
91	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
92	Let’s Talk - Lozano Smith Podcast	Lozano Smith	Government	100	Blubrry	42
93	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
94	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
95	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
96	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
97	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
98	National Park Service Oral History	National Park Service Oral History	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
99	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
100	Light On Conspiracies	Ole Dammegard	Government	2	Soundcloud	53

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