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 29 Nov 2025

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11/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 332

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:56:47

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. AEI Podcasts (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Podbean (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (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	2001	Megaphone	38
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1920	Megaphone	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	430	RedCircle	58
7	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	45	Omny Studio	52
10	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	469	Podbean	68
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	47	Omny Studio	69
14	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	908	RSS.com	42
16	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
20	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
21	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
22	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
23	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
24	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	453	Megaphone	58
26	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
29	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
30	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
31	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
32	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
33	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	154	Buzzsprout	47
34	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
35	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
36	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
38	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
39	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
40	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
41	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	333	Simplecast	63
42	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
43	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
44	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	308	Megaphone	63
45	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
46	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
47	Clean Water Works	Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District	Government	68	Buzzsprout	63
48	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
49	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
50	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
51	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
52	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
53	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
54	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	917	Buzzsprout	63
55	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	110	Megaphone	43
56	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
57	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	317	Simplecast	73
58	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
59	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
60	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
61	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
62	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
63	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
64	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
65	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
66	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
67	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
68	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	9	Unknown	38
69	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
70	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
71	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	47	Megaphone	48
72	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
73	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
74	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
75	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	724	Unknown	43
76	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	52	Megaphone	38
77	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
78	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
79	The Separation of Powers	Separation of Powers Institute	Government	11	Podbean	48
80	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
81	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
82	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
83	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
84	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
85	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
86	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
87	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	248	Podbean	42
88	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
89	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
90	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
91	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
92	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	19	Buzzsprout	38
93	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
94	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	338	Substack	53
95	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	573	Podbean	32
96	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
97	Podsdale	City of Scottsdale, Arizona	Government	65	Captivate	63
98	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
100	Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast	UK Parliament	Government	383	Soundcloud	32

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