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 Dec 2025

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12/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 349

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:43:52

Top 5 authors

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

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. AEI Podcasts (2 shows)

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	440	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1928	Megaphone	53
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2702	Megaphone	38
7	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	310	Megaphone	63
8	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
9	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	88	Spreaker	54
10	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
11	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	471	Podbean	68
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	910	RSS.com	42
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	46	Omny Studio	52
15	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
17	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
18	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	148	Megaphone	48
20	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
21	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
22	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
23	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	382	Megaphone	53
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	150	Megaphone	43
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
27	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1973	BBC	43
28	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	454	Megaphone	58
29	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
30	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
33	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
34	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
35	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	469	Megaphone	49
36	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
37	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
38	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
39	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	111	Megaphone	43
40	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	53	Megaphone	38
41	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	351	Libsyn	68
42	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
43	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
44	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	267	Libsyn	58
45	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	920	Buzzsprout	63
46	The Merge	The Merge	Government	67	Spotify for Podcasters	38
47	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
48	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
49	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
50	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	919	Megaphone	38
51	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	309	Megaphone	63
52	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
53	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
54	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
55	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	155	Buzzsprout	47
56	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	213	Simplecast	59
57	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
58	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	24	Simplecast	68
59	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
60	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
61	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	235	Omny Studio	73
62	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	62	Megaphone	73
63	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	574	Podbean	32
64	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
65	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
66	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	377	Unknown	43
67	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	826	Libsyn	27
68	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
69	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
70	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	199	PRX	59
71	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
72	The Pluralist Podcast - with Orly Erez-Likhovski and Rabbi Josh Weinberg	Orly Erez-Likhovski	Government	10	Unknown	52
73	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
74	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	532	Libsyn	58
75	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	319	Simplecast	73
76	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
77	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	25	Simplecast	58
78	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
79	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	48	Megaphone	48
80	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	749	Libsyn	37
81	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	413	Megaphone	49
82	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
83	U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Announcements	Oyez	Government & Organizations	79	Unknown	32
84	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
85	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	92	Simplecast	52
86	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
87	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	248	Podbean	42
88	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
90	Liberty Lounge Podcast	Anthony Miranda, Jared Yanis, Johnny B	Government	142	Spotify for Podcasters	48
91	The United States Constitution	The U.S. Constitution	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	48
92	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
93	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
94	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
95	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	Calendar Call	CT Judicial Branch	Government	52	Unknown	43
97	The Stand with Meg Show	Meg	Government	41	Buzzsprout	73
98	In Our Defence	India Today Podcasts	Government	196	Spreaker	49
99	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
100	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58

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