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 Sep 2026

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09/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 379

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:43:45

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

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

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Podbean (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
6	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
10	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
11	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
12	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
13	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
17	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
19	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
20	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
22	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
23	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
25	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
26	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
28	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
29	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
32	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
33	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
34	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
35	Power Plays	Podcaster	Government	78	Simplecast	48
36	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
37	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
38	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
39	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
40	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
41	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
42	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
43	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
44	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
45	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
46	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
47	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
48	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
49	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
50	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
51	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
52	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
53	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
54	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
55	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
56	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
58	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
59	Fixate Today, Gone Tomorrow	Fixate Today, Gone Tomorrow	Government	113	Zencastr	42
60	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
61	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
62	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
63	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
64	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
65	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
66	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
67	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
68	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
69	Constitution Unlocked	Constitution Unlocked	Government	4	Buzzsprout	42
70	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
71	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
72	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
73	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
74	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
75	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
76	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
77	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	128	Squarespace	63
78	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
79	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
80	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
81	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
82	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
83	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	998	StreamGuys	38
84	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
85	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
86	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
87	The Roundabout roundup Podcast	Roundaboutroundup	Government	11	Podbean	37
88	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
89	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
90	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
91	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
92	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
93	The Emergency Management Network Podcast	Todd T. De Voe	Government	412	Substack	42
94	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
95	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
96	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
97	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
98	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
99	Our Curious Amalgam	American Bar Association	Government	396	Libsyn	68
100	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42

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