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 28 Nov 2025

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11/28/2025

Average data

Episodes: 331

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:53:42

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. AEI Podcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Unknown (9 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	439	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2690	Megaphone	38
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1920	Megaphone	53
8	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	45	Omny Studio	52
9	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
11	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
12	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
13	American Potential	American Potential	News	469	Podbean	68
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
15	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	907	RSS.com	42
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
22	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	453	Megaphone	58
25	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
27	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
32	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	154	Buzzsprout	47
33	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
34	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	333	Simplecast	63
35	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
36	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
37	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
38	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
39	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
40	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
41	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
42	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
43	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	110	Megaphone	43
44	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
45	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	308	Megaphone	63
46	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
47	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
48	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
49	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
50	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
51	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
52	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	317	Simplecast	73
53	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
54	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
55	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
56	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
57	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
58	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
59	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
60	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
61	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	917	Buzzsprout	63
62	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
63	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
64	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
65	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	47	Megaphone	48
66	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
67	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
68	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
69	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
70	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
71	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
72	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
73	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	338	Substack	53
74	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
75	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
76	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
77	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
78	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	724	Unknown	43
79	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
80	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
81	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	52	Megaphone	38
82	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
83	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
84	Betting on America: Winning the Global Tech Race	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	39	Megaphone	38
85	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
86	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	198	PRX	59
87	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	179	Buzzsprout	68
88	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
89	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
90	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
91	Podsdale	City of Scottsdale, Arizona	Government	65	Captivate	63
92	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
93	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
94	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
95	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
96	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
97	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	48	Megaphone	48
98	The Quill & Sword	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	233	Unknown	43
99	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	9	Unknown	38
100	The Separation of Powers	Separation of Powers Institute	Government	11	Podbean	48

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