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 Sep 2026

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09/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 370

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:45:18

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

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

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Podbean (9 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
9	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
10	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
11	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
12	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
13	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
16	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
17	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
23	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
24	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
25	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
26	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
29	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
30	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
31	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
33	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
34	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
35	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
36	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
37	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
38	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
39	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
40	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
41	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
42	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
43	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
44	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
45	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
46	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
47	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
48	Fixate Today, Gone Tomorrow	Fixate Today, Gone Tomorrow	Government	113	Zencastr	42
49	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
50	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
51	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
52	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
53	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
54	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
55	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
56	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
57	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
58	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
59	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
60	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
61	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
62	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
63	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
64	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
65	Constitution Unlocked	Constitution Unlocked	Government	4	Buzzsprout	42
66	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
67	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
68	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
69	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
70	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	87	Megaphone	38
71	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
72	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
73	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
74	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
75	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
76	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	292	Spreaker	49
77	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
78	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
79	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
80	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
81	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
82	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
83	Law Report	ABC Australia	Government	246	ABC Australia	38
84	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
85	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
86	The Roundabout roundup Podcast	Roundaboutroundup	Government	11	Podbean	37
87	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
88	Our Curious Amalgam	American Bar Association	Government	396	Libsyn	68
89	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
90	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
91	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	998	StreamGuys	38
92	black&	Johnathan and April Perkins	Government	37	Squarespace	63
93	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
94	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
95	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
96	Stories of Special Forces Operators	Circle Of Insight Productions	Government	217	Spreaker	43
97	プチ鹿島赤坂タイムス	TBS RADIO	Government	119	Megaphone	43
98	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
99	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
100	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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