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 27 déc. 2025

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12/27/2025

Average data

Episodes: 336

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:43:18

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (2 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 (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (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	1904	Megaphone	53
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
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	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
9	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
12	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
13	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
14	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
16	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
17	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
23	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
24	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
27	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
28	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
29	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
30	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
34	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
35	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
36	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
37	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
40	The Pluralist Podcast - with Orly Erez-Likhovski and Rabbi Josh Weinberg	Orly Erez-Likhovski	Government	10	Unknown	52
41	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
42	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
43	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
44	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
45	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
46	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
47	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
48	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
49	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
50	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
51	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
52	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
53	The Stand with Meg Show	Meg	Government	41	Buzzsprout	73
54	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
55	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
56	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
57	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
58	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
59	Old Government Guys	Rapid Point Studio	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	53
60	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
61	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
62	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
63	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
64	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
65	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
66	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
67	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
68	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
69	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
70	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
71	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
72	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
73	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Inside Pima County with Rex Scott	Supervisor Rex Scott	Government	2	RSS.com	58
75	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
76	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
77	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
78	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
79	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
80	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	24	Simplecast	68
81	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	28	Libsyn	53
82	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
83	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
85	CTRL ALT DECEIT: Democracy in Danger	Democratys	Government	17	Simplecast	63
86	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
87	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
88	Forking Off	Forking Off	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	53
89	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
90	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
91	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
92	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
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	Transparency Talks	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Government	11	Buzzsprout	58
96	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
97	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
98	پادکست حقوقی حق‌نگار \| Haghnegar	اندیشکده حقوق نخبگان ایران	Government	12	Unknown	63
99	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
100	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38

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