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 Nov 2026

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11/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 375

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 00:43:49

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Cato Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
3	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	252	Podetize	63
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	40	Megaphone	48
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
10	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	50	Simplecast	79
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
12	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
13	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
15	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
16	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
20	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
24	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
26	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
27	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
28	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
29	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
30	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
31	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	15	Omny Studio	63
32	Congressional Dish Details temporarily unavailable	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
33	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
34	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
35	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
36	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
37	Big Take, Midterms 2026	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	12	Omny Studio	48
38	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
39	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
40	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
41	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
43	The Economics Of It	Cato Institute	Government	3	Acast	63
44	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1664	Unknown	43
45	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
46	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
47	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
48	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
49	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
50	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
51	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
52	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
53	The Jacob Shapiro Podcast	Jacob Shapiro	Government	350	Captivate	68
54	Fixate Today, Gone Tomorrow	Fixate Today, Gone Tomorrow	Government	121	Zencastr	42
55	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	57	Simplecast	79
56	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
57	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
58	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	1017	StreamGuys	38
59	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
60	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	382	Unknown	43
61	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
62	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
63	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
64	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
65	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
66	Acquisition Talk	Eric Lofgren	Government	169	Soundcloud	43
67	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
69	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
70	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
71	プチ鹿島赤坂タイムス	TBS RADIO	Government	151	Megaphone	43
72	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
73	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
74	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	243	StreamGuys	27
75	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
76	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
77	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
78	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	22
79	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
80	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	21	Buzzsprout	68
81	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
82	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
83	Inside The Lines	PREA	Government	11	Podbean	48
84	Minor Powers	Audiographies Team	Government	1	Captivate	73
85	The Promise of Prevention	SafeCamp Audio	Government	3	Buzzsprout	32
86	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
87	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
88	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
89	Talking Charleston	City of Charleston, SC	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	48
90	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	38
91	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
92	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
93	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
94	The Animal Law Podcast	Mariann Sullivan, Law Professor, Pundit, Vegan	Government	137	Blubrry Podcasting	43
95	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
96	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
97	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
98	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	99	Podbean	43
99	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	680	Libsyn	58
100	Regularly Speaking	Public Powered Policy	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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