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 May 2026

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05/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 398

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:15

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	50	Simplecast	79
3	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	39	Megaphone	48
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2771	Megaphone	38
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1974	Megaphone	53
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
11	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
12	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
14	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
20	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
21	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	157	Megaphone	48
22	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
23	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
27	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
28	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
32	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
33	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
34	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	276	Libsyn	58
35	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
36	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
37	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
38	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
39	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
40	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
41	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	5	Unknown	52
42	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
43	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
44	Unlocking California Politics	C.A.R. podcast	Government	34	Soundcloud	38
45	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
46	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
47	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
48	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
49	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
50	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
51	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
52	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1986	BBC	43
53	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
54	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
55	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
56	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	940	Buzzsprout	63
57	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
59	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
60	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	941	Megaphone	38
61	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
62	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
63	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
64	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
65	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
66	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
67	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
68	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
69	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1119	Megaphone	48
70	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
71	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	833	Libsyn	27
72	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
73	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1663	Unknown	43
74	Community Catalysts	Matt Lehrman	Government	119	Libsyn	78
75	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
76	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
77	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
78	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
79	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
80	Resources Radio	Resources for the Future	Government	401	Soundcloud	53
81	Military OneSource Podcast	Military OneSource	Government & Organizations	201	Unknown	48
82	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
83	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
84	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	97	Megaphone	59
85	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	26	Simplecast	68
86	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
87	Stark Integrity	Bob Wade	Government	214	Buzzsprout	48
88	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
89	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
90	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
91	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	60	Megaphone	38
92	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
93	Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)	Government	18	Buzzsprout	27
94	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
95	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
96	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
97	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
98	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
99	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	63	Libsyn	38
100	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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