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 Aug 2026

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08/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 377

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:26

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

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

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
5	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
6	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
11	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
12	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
13	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
18	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
21	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
23	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
24	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
28	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
29	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
31	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
34	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
35	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
36	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
37	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
38	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
39	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
40	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
41	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
42	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
43	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
44	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
45	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
46	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
47	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
48	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
49	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
50	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
51	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
52	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
53	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
54	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
55	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
56	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
57	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
58	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
59	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
60	The LOWDOWN	187th Fighter Wing	Government & Organizations	36	Unknown	48
61	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
62	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
63	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
64	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit	Unknown	Government	20	N/A	N/A
65	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
66	Case By Case: A Legal Podcast	Klare Marie Essad	Government	40	Libsyn	47
67	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
68	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
69	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
70	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
71	Lawfare No Bull	Lawfare	Government	100	Acast	43
72	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
73	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	166	Simplecast	48
74	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
75	In The Tank	The Heartland Institute	Government	193	Transistor	63
76	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
77	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
78	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
79	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
80	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
81	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
82	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	5	Unknown	53
83	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
84	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
85	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
86	Political Thinking with Nick Robinson	BBC Radio 4	News	322	BBC	28
87	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
88	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
89	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
90	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
91	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
92	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
93	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
94	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
95	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
96	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
97	CitiesSpeak With Clarence Anthony	National League of Cities	Government	86	Buzzsprout	42
98	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
99	USAREUR-AF News Brief	U.S. Army Europe and Africa	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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