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 01 mars 2026

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03/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 355

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:05

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

4. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (10 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
8	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
9	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
10	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
11	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
16	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
17	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
18	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
19	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
20	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
21	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
22	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
23	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
24	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
25	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
29	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
30	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
31	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
32	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
33	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
34	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
35	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
36	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
37	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
38	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
39	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
41	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
42	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
43	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
44	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
45	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
46	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
47	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
48	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
49	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
50	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
51	Gov360	Chris Mann	Government	29	Podbean	73
52	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
53	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
54	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
55	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
56	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
57	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
58	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
59	Dialogue	Daniel K Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies	Government & Organizations	19	Unknown	49
60	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
61	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
62	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
63	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
64	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
65	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
66	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
67	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
68	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
69	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
70	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
71	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
72	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
73	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
74	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
75	Hello Hillsborough	Hillsborough County	Government	20	Podbean	58
76	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
77	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
78	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
79	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
80	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
81	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
82	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
83	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
84	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
85	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
86	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
87	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	236	StreamGuys	27
88	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
89	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
90	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
91	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
92	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
93	Straight to The Point With Catherine Herridge	L.A. Times Studios	Government	14	Simplecast	58
94	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
95	Pandora's Box: The Fall of L.A.'s Sheriff	LAT Studios, Los Angeles Times	Government	7	Simplecast	68
96	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
97	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
98	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
99	Open Session	Good Fight	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	63
100	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A

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