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 Nov 2026

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11/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 384

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 00:50:04

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
3	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	252	Podetize	63
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
9	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	40	Megaphone	48
10	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	50	Simplecast	79
11	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
12	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
13	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
15	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
17	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
21	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
25	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
26	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
28	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
29	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	15	Omny Studio	63
30	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
31	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
32	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	The Economics Of It	Cato Institute	Government	3	Acast	63
35	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
36	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
37	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
38	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
39	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
40	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
41	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
42	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
43	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
44	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
45	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	57	Simplecast	79
46	Fixate Today, Gone Tomorrow	Fixate Today, Gone Tomorrow	Government	121	Zencastr	42
47	The Jacob Shapiro Podcast	Jacob Shapiro	Government	350	Captivate	68
48	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
49	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
50	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
51	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
52	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1664	Unknown	43
53	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
54	Big Take, Midterms 2026	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	12	Omny Studio	48
55	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	382	Unknown	43
56	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
57	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
58	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
59	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	243	StreamGuys	27
60	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
61	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
62	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
63	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
64	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	1017	StreamGuys	38
65	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
66	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
67	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	680	Libsyn	58
68	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
69	Talking Charleston	City of Charleston, SC	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
71	Inside The Lines	PREA	Government	11	Podbean	48
72	Not My Narrative	Straw Hut Media	Government	4	Megaphone	53
73	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
74	Acquisition Talk	Eric Lofgren	Government	169	Soundcloud	43
75	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
76	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
77	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	21	Buzzsprout	68
78	The Promise of Prevention	SafeCamp Audio	Government	3	Buzzsprout	32
79	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	32	Simplecast	58
80	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
81	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
82	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
83	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
84	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
85	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
86	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
87	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
88	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	5	Podbean	63
89	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
90	Countdown to Capture	Newport Beach Police Department	Government	8	Soundcloud	43
91	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	180	Buzzsprout	68
92	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
93	The Agenda with the Missoula County Commissioners	Missoula County Commissioners	Government	135	Buzzsprout	37
94	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
95	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
96	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
97	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
98	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
99	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
100	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	216	Megaphone	49

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