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 Jun 2026

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06/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 362

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:59

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Podbean (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (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	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
7	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	49	Simplecast	79
8	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	38	Megaphone	48
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
10	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
12	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
13	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
16	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
17	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
21	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
24	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
27	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
30	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
31	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
32	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
33	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
35	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
36	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
37	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
38	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
39	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
40	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
41	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
42	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
43	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
44	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
45	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
46	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
47	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
48	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
49	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
50	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
51	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
52	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
53	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
54	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
55	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
56	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
57	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
58	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
59	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
60	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
61	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
62	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
63	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
64	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
65	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
66	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
67	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
68	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	22
69	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
70	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
71	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
72	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
73	Beyond the Satchel	Cristal Czajkoski	Government	25	Podbean	48
74	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
75	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
76	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
77	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
78	Dissed	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	42	Acast	64
79	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
80	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
81	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
82	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	94	Simplecast	52
83	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
84	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
85	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
86	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	316	RSS.com	52
87	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1116	Megaphone	48
88	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
89	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
90	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
91	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	84	Libsyn	58
92	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
93	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
94	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
95	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
96	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
97	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
98	The Foreign Area Officer Podcast	Michael Hill	Government	37	Podbean	37
99	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	21	Unknown	38
100	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58

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