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 Oct 2026

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10/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 389

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 01:00:03

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	440	Audioboom	63
2	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	30	Megaphone	48
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	38
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	430	RedCircle	58
7	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	39	Simplecast	79
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1941	Megaphone	53
9	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
10	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	248	Podetize	63
11	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	382	Megaphone	53
13	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	62	Megaphone	73
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	46	Omny Studio	52
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	909	RSS.com	42
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	1	Podbean	69
19	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
21	Talking Charleston	City of Charleston, SC	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	48
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	47	Omny Studio	69
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	266	Libsyn	58
24	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	148	Megaphone	48
25	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	167	Podbean	31
26	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	88	Spreaker	54
27	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
28	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	150	Megaphone	43
30	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
31	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
32	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
35	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
36	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
37	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1702	Unknown	43
38	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
39	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	918	Buzzsprout	63
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1972	BBC	43
41	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
42	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
43	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	469	Megaphone	49
44	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	198	PRX	59
45	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
46	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1097	Megaphone	48
47	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
48	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	318	Simplecast	73
49	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	309	Megaphone	63
50	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
51	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	92	Simplecast	52
52	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
53	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	6	Unknown	53
54	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
55	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
56	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	255	Acast	69
57	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	351	Libsyn	68
58	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	748	Libsyn	37
59	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	575	Podbean	32
60	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	101	Buzzsprout	63
61	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	918	Megaphone	38
62	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
63	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	154	Buzzsprout	47
64	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
65	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
66	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	238	StreamGuys	27
67	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
68	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	308	RSS.com	52
69	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48
70	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
71	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
72	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
73	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
74	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
75	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
76	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	48	Megaphone	48
77	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
78	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
79	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
80	Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)	Government	14	Buzzsprout	27
81	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
82	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	52	Simplecast	79
83	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	826	Libsyn	27
84	The Power Hour	The Heritage Foundation	Government	34	Spreaker	59
85	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
86	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	212	Megaphone	49
87	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	532	Libsyn	58
88	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
89	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	32
90	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
91	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
92	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
93	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	131	Squarespace	63
94	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
95	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
96	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	1002	StreamGuys	38
97	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
98	Behind the Meter: An MPSC Podcast	MPSC	Government	20	Buzzsprout	27
99	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	726	Captivate	53
100	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53

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