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 26 Nov 2025

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11/26/2025

Average data

Episodes: 344

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:46:01

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. SCOTUS Oral Arguments (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 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	1908	Megaphone	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
8	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
9	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
12	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
14	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
15	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
16	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
17	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
18	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
26	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
27	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
28	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
29	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
30	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
32	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
33	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
34	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
35	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
36	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
37	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
38	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
39	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
40	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
41	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
42	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
43	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
44	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
45	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
46	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
47	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
48	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	315	Simplecast	73
49	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
50	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
51	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
52	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
53	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
54	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
55	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	914	Buzzsprout	63
56	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
57	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
58	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
59	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	51	Megaphone	38
60	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
61	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
62	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
63	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
64	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
65	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
66	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
67	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	909	Megaphone	38
68	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
69	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
70	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
71	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
72	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
73	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
74	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
75	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
76	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
77	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
78	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
79	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
80	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
81	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
82	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
83	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
84	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
85	Mission: Texas	Kate Rumsey & Alex Clark	Government	0	Zencastr	33
86	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
87	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	19	Buzzsprout	38
88	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
89	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
90	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	95	Buzzsprout	73
91	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
92	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
93	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
95	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
96	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
97	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
98	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
99	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
100	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	747	Libsyn	37

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