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 Oct 2026

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10/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 415

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:59:42

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

3. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

4. Official FBI (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	440	Audioboom	63
2	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	382	Megaphone	53
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2702	Megaphone	38
5	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	30	Megaphone	48
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1928	Megaphone	53
9	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	40	Simplecast	79
10	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	62	Megaphone	73
11	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	46	Omny Studio	52
12	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	248	Podetize	63
13	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
14	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	88	Spreaker	54
17	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	148	Megaphone	48
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	909	RSS.com	42
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	1	Podbean	69
23	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	150	Megaphone	43
24	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
25	Talking Charleston	City of Charleston, SC	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	48
26	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
27	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
28	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	267	Libsyn	58
30	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
31	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1635	Unknown	43
32	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
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	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
35	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
36	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
37	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
38	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
39	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	351	Libsyn	68
40	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	309	Megaphone	63
41	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	920	Buzzsprout	63
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1972	BBC	43
43	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	199	PRX	59
44	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	469	Megaphone	49
45	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
46	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
47	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	155	Buzzsprout	47
48	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	918	Megaphone	38
49	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
50	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
51	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
52	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1097	Megaphone	48
53	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
54	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
55	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
56	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	238	StreamGuys	27
57	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	826	Libsyn	27
58	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
59	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	72	Unknown	43
60	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
61	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	255	Acast	69
62	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48
63	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
64	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
65	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
66	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
67	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	319	Simplecast	73
68	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
69	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
70	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
71	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	92	Simplecast	52
72	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	212	Megaphone	49
73	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	6	Unknown	53
74	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	574	Podbean	32
75	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	52	Simplecast	79
76	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
77	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	749	Libsyn	37
78	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
79	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
80	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
81	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	532	Libsyn	58
82	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	102	Buzzsprout	63
83	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
84	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	131	Squarespace	63
85	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
86	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	1004	StreamGuys	38
87	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
88	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
89	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	725	Unknown	43
90	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
92	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	213	Simplecast	59
93	The EMS Lounge	The EMS Lounge	Government	151	Spotify for Podcasters	22
94	North Dakota Outdoors Podcast	North Dakota Game and Fish Department	Government	108	Simplecast	42
95	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	66	Substack	43
96	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	309	RSS.com	52
97	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
98	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
99	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	32
100	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53

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