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 25 Dec 2025

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12/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 353

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:43:35

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
9	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
11	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
12	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
13	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
15	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
17	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
18	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
19	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
20	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
22	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
23	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
24	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
26	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
27	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
31	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
32	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
33	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
34	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
35	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
36	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
37	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
38	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
39	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
41	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
42	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
43	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
44	CTRL ALT DECEIT: Democracy in Danger	Democratys	Government	17	Simplecast	63
45	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
46	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
47	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
48	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
49	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
50	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
51	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
52	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
53	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
54	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
55	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
56	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
57	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
58	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
59	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
60	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
61	Transparency Talks	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Government	11	Buzzsprout	58
62	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
63	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
64	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
65	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
66	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
67	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
68	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
69	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	28	Libsyn	53
70	Jake for the State Podcast	Jake A Merrick	Government	90	Libsyn	52
71	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
72	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	24	Simplecast	68
73	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
74	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
75	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
76	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
77	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
79	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
80	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
81	Forking Off	Forking Off	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	53
82	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
83	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
84	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
85	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
86	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
87	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
88	National Park Service Oral History	National Park Service Oral History	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
89	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48
90	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
91	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
92	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
93	Liberty Lounge Podcast	Anthony Miranda, Jared Yanis, Johnny B	Government	142	Spotify for Podcasters	48
94	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
95	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
96	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
97	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
98	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
99	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
100	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54

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