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 31 Dec 2025

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12/31/2025

Average data

Episodes: 356

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:42:15

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 shows)

2. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2672	Megaphone	38
6	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
7	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
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	44	Omny Studio	52
10	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
13	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
14	Fiasco Details temporarily unavailable	Pushkin Industries	Government	47	Omny Studio	69
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
16	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
17	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	904	RSS.com	42
19	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
20	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
21	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
22	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
23	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
25	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
29	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1967	BBC	43
30	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
33	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
34	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
35	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
36	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
37	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
38	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
39	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
40	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
41	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
42	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
43	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
44	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
45	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	914	Buzzsprout	63
46	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
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	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
49	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
50	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
51	Forking Off	Forking Off	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	53
52	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
53	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	51	Megaphone	38
54	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
55	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
56	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
57	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
58	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
59	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
60	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	909	Megaphone	38
61	Calendar Call	CT Judicial Branch	Government	52	Unknown	43
62	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
63	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
64	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
65	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
66	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
67	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
69	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
70	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
71	Plain Civics	Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery	Government	38	Buzzsprout	69
72	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
73	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
74	The Pluralist Podcast - with Orly Erez-Likhovski and Rabbi Josh Weinberg	Orly Erez-Likhovski	Government	10	Unknown	52
75	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
76	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	24	Simplecast	68
77	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	747	Libsyn	37
78	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
79	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
80	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
81	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
82	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
84	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	84	Libsyn	58
85	Military OneSource Podcast	Military OneSource	Government & Organizations	201	Unknown	48
86	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
87	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
88	Guardian Mindset Podcast	Attorney Eric Daigle	Government	51	Castos	38
89	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
90	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
91	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
92	The Veterans Disability Nexus	Leah Bucholz	Government	242	Transistor	79
93	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
94	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
95	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
96	Department of Defense (DoD) News	Inception Point Ai	Government	147	Spreaker	59
97	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	143	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	315	Simplecast	73
99	Moving Forward	South Bay Forward	Government	2	Squarespace	68
100	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59

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