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 30 Nov 2025

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11/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 344

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:46:49

Top 5 authors

1. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. AEI Podcasts (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2756	Megaphone	38
5	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1964	Megaphone	53
8	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
9	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	478	Podbean	68
12	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
16	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
17	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	155	Megaphone	48
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
20	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	458	Megaphone	58
25	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
26	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
27	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1983	BBC	43
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
30	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
31	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
32	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
33	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
34	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
35	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
36	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
37	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
38	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
39	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
40	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
41	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
42	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
43	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
44	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
45	Clean Water Works	Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District	Government	68	Buzzsprout	63
46	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
47	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
48	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	316	Megaphone	63
49	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
50	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
51	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
52	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	114	Megaphone	43
53	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	325	Simplecast	73
54	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
55	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
56	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	935	Buzzsprout	63
57	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	936	Megaphone	38
58	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
59	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
60	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
61	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
62	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
63	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
64	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
65	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	215	Simplecast	59
66	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
67	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
68	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
69	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
70	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
71	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	729	Unknown	43
72	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
73	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
74	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
75	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	38
76	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
77	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	12	BBC	22
78	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	752	Libsyn	37
79	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	63	Libsyn	38
80	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
81	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	12	Megaphone	63
82	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
83	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	73	Zencastr	32
84	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	75	Captivate	63
86	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
87	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
88	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
89	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
90	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
91	Military Retirement Podcast	w/ John McConnell and Victor De La Flor	Government	138	Spotify for Podcasters	47
92	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
93	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
94	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
95	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
96	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	52	Megaphone	48
97	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
98	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
100	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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