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 May 2026

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05/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 393

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:12

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

4. Cato Institute (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	50	Simplecast	79
3	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	40	Megaphone	48
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
9	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
10	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
11	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
12	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
15	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
19	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
21	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
22	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
23	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
24	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
25	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
26	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
27	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	15	Omny Studio	63
28	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
30	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	5	Unknown	52
31	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
32	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
33	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
34	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
35	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
36	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
37	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
38	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
39	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
40	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
41	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
42	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
43	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
44	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	252	Podetize	63
45	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
46	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
47	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
48	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
49	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
50	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
51	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
52	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
53	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
54	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
55	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1664	Unknown	43
56	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
57	Unlocking California Politics	C.A.R. podcast	Government	34	Soundcloud	38
58	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
59	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
60	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	168	Simplecast	48
61	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
62	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
63	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
64	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
65	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
66	Congressional Dish Details temporarily unavailable	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
67	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	546	Libsyn	58
68	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
69	At The Mic With Keith Malinak	Keith Malinak	Government	145	Captivate	53
70	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
71	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
72	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
73	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
74	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	25	Captivate	48
75	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
76	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
77	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
78	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
79	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
80	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
81	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
82	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
83	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
84	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	119	BBC	28
85	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	243	StreamGuys	27
86	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
87	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
89	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
90	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
91	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
92	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
93	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
94	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
95	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
96	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	180	Buzzsprout	68
97	The Emergency Management Network Podcast	Todd T. De Voe	Government	420	Substack	42
98	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
99	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
100	Unintended Consequences	Cato Institute	Government	29	Acast	64

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