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 Jul 2026

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07/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 383

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:51

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2759	Megaphone	38
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1966	Megaphone	53
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	478	Podbean	68
8	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
12	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	48	Simplecast	79
13	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
16	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
19	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
20	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
21	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
27	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
28	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
29	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
30	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
31	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
33	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
34	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
35	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
36	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
37	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
38	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
40	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
41	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
42	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
43	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
44	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
45	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
46	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
47	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
48	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	936	Buzzsprout	63
49	Betting on America: Winning the Global Tech Race	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	40	Megaphone	38
50	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
51	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
52	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
53	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
54	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
55	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
56	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	937	Megaphone	38
57	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
58	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
59	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
60	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
61	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
62	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
63	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1115	Megaphone	48
64	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
65	Who's Gonna Govern?	Colorado Public Radio	Government	39	PRX	54
66	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
67	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
68	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
69	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
70	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
71	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
72	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	63	Libsyn	38
73	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	316	RSS.com	52
74	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
75	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
76	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
77	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
78	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	94	Simplecast	52
79	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
80	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
81	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
82	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
84	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
85	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
86	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
87	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
88	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	752	Libsyn	37
89	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
90	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
91	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
92	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
93	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
94	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
95	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
96	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
97	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Government & Organizations	46	Podbean	37
98	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	729	Unknown	43
99	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
100	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53

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