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 Jun 2026

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06/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 350

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:26

Top 5 authors

1. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

2. The DSR Network (2 shows)

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

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1966	Megaphone	53
5	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	48	Simplecast	79
6	American Potential	American Potential	News	478	Podbean	68
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2759	Megaphone	38
8	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
9	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
10	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
11	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
12	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
15	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
16	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
17	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
21	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
23	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
24	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
29	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
30	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
31	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
33	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
34	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
35	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
36	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
37	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
38	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
39	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
40	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	936	Buzzsprout	63
41	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
42	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
43	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
44	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
45	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
46	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
47	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
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	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
50	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
51	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
52	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
53	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
54	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
55	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
56	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
57	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
58	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
59	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
60	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
61	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
62	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
63	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
64	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
65	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
66	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
67	Beyond the Satchel	Cristal Czajkoski	Government	25	Podbean	48
68	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
69	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
70	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
71	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
72	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
73	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
74	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	937	Megaphone	38
75	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
76	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
77	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
78	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
79	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	52	RSS.com	58
80	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
81	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
82	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
83	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
84	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	75	Captivate	63
85	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
86	Civil Action with Brian & Shant	civilaction	Government	98	Podbean	32
87	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
88	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
89	Dissed	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	42	Acast	64
90	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	5	Unknown	52
91	Yosemite Trip Planning	Yosemite National Park	Government & Organizations	0	Unknown	28
92	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
93	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
94	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
95	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
96	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
97	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
98	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
99	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	84	Libsyn	58
100	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58

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