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 Dec 2025

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12/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 342

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:44:42

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

5. AEI Podcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1958	Megaphone	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	436	RedCircle	58
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	316	Megaphone	63
7	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2747	Megaphone	38
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	91	Spreaker	54
11	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	47	Omny Studio	69
12	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
13	American Potential	American Potential	News	477	Podbean	68
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
16	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
17	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
18	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
19	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
20	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
21	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	386	Megaphone	53
22	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
23	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1982	BBC	43
24	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
25	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	114	Megaphone	43
29	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	457	Megaphone	58
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
34	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
35	The Asset	District Productive	Government	64	ART19	69
36	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
37	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
38	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
39	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
40	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
41	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	934	Buzzsprout	63
42	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
43	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
44	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
45	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	273	Libsyn	58
46	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
47	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
48	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
49	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
50	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	215	Simplecast	59
51	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
52	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	934	Megaphone	38
53	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
54	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
55	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
56	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
58	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	577	Podbean	32
59	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
60	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
61	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
62	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
63	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
64	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
65	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
66	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	210	Unknown	58
68	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	25	Simplecast	58
69	Calendar Call	CT Judicial Branch	Government	52	Unknown	43
70	Moving Forward	South Bay Forward	Government	2	Squarespace	68
71	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	75	Captivate	63
72	Forking Off	Forking Off	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	53
73	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
74	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	40	Libsyn	48
75	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
76	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
77	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
78	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	72	Zencastr	32
79	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
80	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
81	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	540	Libsyn	63
82	Transparency Talks	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Government	11	Buzzsprout	58
83	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
84	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	752	Libsyn	37
85	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	26	Simplecast	68
86	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
87	The Pluralist Podcast - with Orly Erez-Likhovski and Rabbi Josh Weinberg	Orly Erez-Likhovski	Government	10	Unknown	52
88	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
89	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	163	Megaphone	38
90	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
91	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
92	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
93	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
94	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
95	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
96	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
97	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
98	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	38
99	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Liberty Lounge Podcast	Anthony Miranda, Jared Yanis, Johnny B	Government	142	Spotify for Podcasters	48

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