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 Apr 2026

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04/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 393

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:36

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

3. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
7	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
9	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
10	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
13	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
14	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
17	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
18	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
19	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
20	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
22	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
23	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
24	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Countdown to Capture	Newport Beach Police Department	Government	8	Soundcloud	43
27	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	921	RSS.com	42
28	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
29	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
30	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
31	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
32	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
34	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
35	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
36	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
37	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي Details temporarily unavailable	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Omny Studio	48
38	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
39	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
40	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
41	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
42	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
43	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
44	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
45	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
46	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
47	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
48	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
49	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
50	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
51	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
52	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
53	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
54	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
56	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
57	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
58	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
59	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
60	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
61	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1660	Unknown	43
62	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
63	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	115	Megaphone	59
65	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	316	RSS.com	52
66	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
67	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
68	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
69	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
70	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
71	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
72	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1115	Megaphone	48
73	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
74	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
75	Political Playlist Happy Hour	Political Playlist	Government	231	Spotify for Podcasters	28
76	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
77	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
78	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	938	Megaphone	38
79	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
80	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
81	The Quill & Sword	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	233	Unknown	43
82	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
83	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	47
84	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
85	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
86	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
87	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
88	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
89	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
90	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	416	Megaphone	49
91	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
92	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
93	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
94	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
95	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
96	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
97	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	12	Megaphone	63
98	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
99	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
100	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43

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