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 02 mars 2026

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03/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 347

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:44:43

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Official FBI (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Podbean (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
6	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
9	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
10	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
14	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
15	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
18	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
21	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
23	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
24	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
25	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
26	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
27	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
28	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
29	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
30	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
31	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
32	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
33	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
34	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
35	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
36	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
37	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
38	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
39	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
41	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
42	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
43	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
44	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	44	RSS.com	42
45	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
46	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
47	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	313	Simplecast	73
48	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
49	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
50	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
51	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
52	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
53	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
54	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
55	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
56	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
57	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
58	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
59	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
60	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
61	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
62	Gov360	Chris Mann	Government	29	Podbean	73
63	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
64	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
65	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
66	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
67	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
68	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
69	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
70	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
71	Socialist Rifle Association Podcast	Jesse Elem	Government	49	Simplecast	37
72	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
73	Dialogue	Daniel K Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies	Government & Organizations	19	Unknown	49
74	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
75	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
76	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
77	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
78	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
79	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
80	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
81	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
83	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
84	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
85	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
86	Strength in Numbers	Foreign Policy	Government	9	Megaphone	53
87	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
88	The Public Philosopher	BBC Radio 4	Government	17	BBC	33
89	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
90	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
91	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
92	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
93	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
94	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
95	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
96	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
97	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
98	Hello Hillsborough	Hillsborough County	Government	20	Podbean	58
99	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
100	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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