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 May 2026

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05/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 378

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:44:52

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
3	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
8	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
11	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
12	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
17	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
18	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
19	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
20	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
21	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
23	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
24	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
26	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
27	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
28	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
29	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
31	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
34	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
35	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
36	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
37	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
38	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
39	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
40	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
41	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
42	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
43	Asked & Answered - your community podcast for all things legal	Alane Breland & Kierstin Anderson	Government	9	Transistor	48
44	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
45	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
46	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
47	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
48	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
49	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
50	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
51	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
52	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
53	Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)	Government	12	Buzzsprout	27
54	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
55	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
56	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
57	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
58	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
59	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
60	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
61	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
62	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	166	Simplecast	48
63	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
64	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
65	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
66	At The Mic With Keith Malinak	Keith Malinak	Government	145	Captivate	53
67	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
68	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
69	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
70	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
71	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
72	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
73	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
74	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
75	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
76	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
77	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
78	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
79	Unlocking California Politics	C.A.R. podcast	Government	30	Soundcloud	43
80	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
81	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
82	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
83	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
84	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
85	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
86	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
87	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
88	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
89	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
90	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
91	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
92	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
93	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
94	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	236	StreamGuys	27
95	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
96	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
97	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
98	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
99	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
100	プチ鹿島赤坂タイムス	TBS RADIO	Government	119	Megaphone	43

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