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 Dec 2025

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12/28/2025

Average data

Episodes: 339

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:42:35

Top 5 authors

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

2. AEI Podcasts (2 shows)

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
5	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
8	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
9	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
12	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
15	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
18	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
19	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
22	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
23	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
25	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
27	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
28	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
31	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
34	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
35	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
36	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
37	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
38	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
39	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
40	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
41	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
42	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
43	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
44	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
45	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
46	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
47	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
48	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
49	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
50	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
51	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
52	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
53	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
54	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
55	The Pluralist Podcast - with Orly Erez-Likhovski and Rabbi Josh Weinberg	Orly Erez-Likhovski	Government	10	Unknown	52
56	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
57	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	26	Simplecast	68
58	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
59	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
60	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
61	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	26	Simplecast	58
62	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
63	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
64	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
65	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
66	Inside Pima County with Rex Scott	Supervisor Rex Scott	Government	2	RSS.com	58
67	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	The Stand with Meg Show	Meg	Government	41	Buzzsprout	73
69	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
70	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
72	Old Government Guys	Rapid Point Studio	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	53
73	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
74	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	42	Libsyn	48
75	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
76	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	27	Megaphone	48
77	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
78	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	63	Libsyn	38
79	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
80	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	381	Unknown	43
81	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
82	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
83	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
84	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
85	The HaltingWinter Podcast	Seth Winterhalter	Government	358	Libsyn	48
86	The Flying Cow Podcast	The Village of Wellington	Government & Organizations	8	Unknown	38
87	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
88	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
90	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
91	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
92	Our Curious Amalgam	American Bar Association	Government	402	Libsyn	68
93	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
94	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
95	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
96	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	65	Simplecast	58
97	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
98	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	75	Captivate	63
99	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	417	Megaphone	49

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