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 avr. 2026

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04/02/2026

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Episodes: 378

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:15

Top 5 authors

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

2. Oyez (2 shows)

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Official FBI (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Unknown (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
8	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
10	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
13	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
16	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
18	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
19	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
20	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
22	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
23	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
24	Countdown to Capture	Newport Beach Police Department	Government	8	Soundcloud	43
25	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
26	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
27	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
30	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
31	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
34	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
35	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
36	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
37	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
38	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
39	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
40	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
41	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
42	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
43	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
44	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Omny Studio	48
45	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
46	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
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	314	Simplecast	73
48	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
49	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
50	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
51	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
52	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
53	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
54	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
55	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
56	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
57	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
58	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
59	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
60	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
61	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
62	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
63	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
64	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
65	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
66	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
67	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
68	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
69	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
70	Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)	Attorney RJ Dieken, Loki Esq Law, Montana	Government	579	Buzzsprout	58
71	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
72	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
73	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
74	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
75	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
76	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
77	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
78	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
79	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
80	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
81	DIA Connections	Defense Intelligence Agency	Government & Organizations	43	Unknown	43
82	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
83	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
84	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	106	Megaphone	59
85	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
86	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
87	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
88	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
89	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
90	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
91	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	54	Unknown	38
92	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	338	Substack	53
93	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
94	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
95	SCOTUS Audio	SCOTUS Audio	Government	80	Spotify for Podcasters	53
96	Lawfare No Bull	Lawfare	Government	100	Acast	43
97	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
98	U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Announcements	Oyez	Government & Organizations	79	Unknown	32
99	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
100	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58

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