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 03 Mar 2026

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03/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 356

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:44:08

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (6 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Cato Institute (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1958	Megaphone	53
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	American Potential	American Potential	News	477	Podbean	68
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2747	Megaphone	38
8	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	316	Megaphone	63
10	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
11	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
12	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	386	Megaphone	53
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
15	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
16	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
17	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	114	Megaphone	43
18	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	918	RSS.com	42
21	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
22	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
23	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
24	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
25	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
28	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	457	Megaphone	58
31	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
32	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
33	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
34	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	273	Libsyn	58
35	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	95	Megaphone	59
36	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
37	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
38	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
39	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
40	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
41	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1981	BBC	43
43	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
44	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
45	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
46	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	258	Acast	69
47	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
48	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
49	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
50	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1111	Megaphone	48
51	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
52	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
53	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	59	Megaphone	38
54	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
55	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
56	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	47
57	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
58	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
59	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
60	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
61	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
62	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	324	Simplecast	73
63	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
64	Global Recon	John Hendricks	Government	192	Spotify for Podcasters	43
65	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
66	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
67	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
68	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
69	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	934	Megaphone	38
70	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	934	Buzzsprout	63
71	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
72	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
73	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
74	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
75	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
76	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
77	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
78	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	61	Libsyn	38
79	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	210	Unknown	58
80	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
81	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
82	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
83	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	26	Megaphone	48
84	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
85	The Public Philosopher	BBC Radio 4	Government	17	BBC	33
86	Guardian Mindset Podcast	Attorney Eric Daigle	Government	51	Castos	38
87	Socialist Rifle Association Podcast	Jesse Elem	Government	49	Simplecast	37
88	Gov360	Chris Mann	Government	29	Podbean	73
89	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	415	Megaphone	49
90	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
91	Straight to The Point With Catherine Herridge	L.A. Times Studios	Government	14	Simplecast	58
92	Strength in Numbers	Foreign Policy	Government	9	Megaphone	53
93	Unintended Consequences	Cato Institute	Government	28	Acast	54
94	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	200	PRX	59
95	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
96	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
97	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
98	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
99	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	577	Podbean	32
100	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48

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