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.

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01/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 351

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:44:36

Top 5 authors

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

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
8	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
9	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
10	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
12	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
17	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
22	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
23	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
24	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
27	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
29	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
30	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
31	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
32	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
33	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
34	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
35	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
36	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
37	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
38	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
39	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
40	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
41	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
42	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
43	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
44	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
45	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
46	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
47	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
48	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
49	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
50	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
51	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
52	Tiffin Talk - The Official Podcast of the City of Tiffin, Iowa	Hosts: Mayor Tim Kasparek and Mayor Pro Tem Tim Orris	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	32
53	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
54	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
55	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
56	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
57	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
58	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
60	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
61	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
62	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
63	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
64	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
65	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
66	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
67	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
68	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
69	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
70	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
71	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	143	Spotify for Podcasters	28
72	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
73	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
74	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
75	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
76	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
77	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
78	Calendar Call	CT Judicial Branch	Government	52	Unknown	43
79	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
80	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
81	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
82	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
83	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
84	Department of Defense (DoD) News	Inception Point Ai	Government	147	Spreaker	59
85	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
86	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
87	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	19	Buzzsprout	38
88	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
89	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
90	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
91	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
92	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
93	Forking Off	Forking Off	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	53
94	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
95	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
96	Elk Grove CityCast	EGPublicAffairs	Government	34	Buzzsprout	63
97	Экономика на слух	РЭШ	Government	243	mave	89
98	The HaltingWinter Podcast	Seth Winterhalter	Government	358	Libsyn	48
99	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
100	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	292	Spreaker	49

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