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 Jul 2026

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07/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 408

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:43:12

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. Oyez (2 shows)

4. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	440	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2702	Megaphone	38
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1928	Megaphone	53
6	American Potential	American Potential	News	471	Podbean	68
7	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	248	Podetize	63
8	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
9	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
12	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	40	Simplecast	79
13	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	382	Megaphone	53
15	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	148	Megaphone	48
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
17	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	88	Spreaker	54
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	909	RSS.com	42
19	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	454	Megaphone	58
20	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
21	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	30	Megaphone	48
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	267	Libsyn	58
23	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	46	Omny Studio	52
24	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
25	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
28	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
29	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
32	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
33	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	469	Megaphone	49
34	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
35	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	62	Megaphone	73
36	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
37	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
38	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
39	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	150	Megaphone	43
40	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
41	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1972	BBC	43
43	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
44	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
45	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
46	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	255	Acast	69
47	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
48	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	92	Simplecast	52
49	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	199	PRX	59
50	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	920	Buzzsprout	63
51	Betting on America: Winning the Global Tech Race	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	39	Megaphone	38
52	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
53	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	918	Megaphone	38
54	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
55	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1097	Megaphone	48
56	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	309	Megaphone	63
57	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
58	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
59	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
60	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
61	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
62	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	826	Libsyn	27
63	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
64	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
65	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	235	Omny Studio	73
66	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
67	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	248	Podbean	42
68	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	213	Simplecast	59
69	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
70	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
71	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
72	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
73	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	725	Unknown	43
74	Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)	Attorney RJ Dieken, Loki Esq Law, Montana	Government	579	Buzzsprout	58
75	Who's Gonna Govern?	Colorado Public Radio	Government	39	PRX	54
76	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
77	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
78	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
79	U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Announcements	Oyez	Government & Organizations	79	Unknown	32
80	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
81	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	574	Podbean	32
82	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
83	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
85	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
86	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	96	Megaphone	49
87	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
88	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	749	Libsyn	37
89	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	15	ART19	73
90	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
91	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
92	AIPAC	AIPAC	Government	8	Transistor	53
93	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
94	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
95	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Government & Organizations	46	Podbean	37
96	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
97	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
98	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
99	Audio Briefs	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	1465	Megaphone	43
100	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48

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