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 Dec 2025

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12/26/2025

Average data

Episodes: 353

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:44:26

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (8 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	1978	Megaphone	53
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
8	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
9	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	15	Omny Studio	63
10	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
11	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
15	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
18	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
20	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
21	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
22	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
23	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
26	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
27	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
31	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
32	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
33	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
34	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
35	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
36	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
37	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
38	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
39	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
40	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
41	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
42	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
43	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
44	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
45	The Pluralist Podcast - with Orly Erez-Likhovski and Rabbi Josh Weinberg	Orly Erez-Likhovski	Government	10	Unknown	52
46	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
47	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
48	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
49	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
50	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
51	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
52	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
53	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
54	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
55	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
56	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
57	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
58	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
59	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
60	Old Government Guys	Rapid Point Studio	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	53
61	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	417	Megaphone	49
62	CTRL ALT DECEIT: Democracy in Danger	Democratys	Government	17	Simplecast	63
63	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
64	Congressional Dish Details temporarily unavailable	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
65	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	26	Simplecast	58
66	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
67	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
68	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
69	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
70	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	75	Captivate	63
71	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
72	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Transparency Talks	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Government	11	Buzzsprout	58
74	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
75	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
76	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
77	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
78	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	42	Libsyn	48
79	Liberty Lounge Podcast	Anthony Miranda, Jared Yanis, Johnny B	Government	142	Spotify for Podcasters	48
80	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	27	Megaphone	48
81	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
82	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
83	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	26	Simplecast	68
84	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
86	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
87	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
88	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	94	Simplecast	52
89	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
90	The Cognitive Crucible	Information Professionals Association	Government	249	Libsyn	58
91	Issaquah Buzz	issaquahbuzz	Government	39	Podbean	48
92	Forking Off	Forking Off	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	53
93	Copy 10-10 by the Avondale Police Department	Avondale Police Department	Government	70	Buzzsprout	68
94	Speaking of the Economy	Richmond Fed	Government	209	Libsyn	43
96	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
97	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
98	Jake for the State Podcast	Jake A Merrick	Government	90	Libsyn	52
99	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
100	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68

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