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 Aug 2026

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08/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 375

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:34

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (12 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
3	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1966	Megaphone	53
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2759	Megaphone	38
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	478	Podbean	68
9	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	48	Simplecast	79
10	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
11	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
12	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
15	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
17	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
18	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
19	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
20	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
21	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
23	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
24	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
30	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
31	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
33	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
34	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
35	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
36	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
37	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	936	Buzzsprout	63
38	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
39	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	937	Megaphone	38
40	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
41	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
42	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
43	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	316	RSS.com	52
44	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
45	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
46	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
47	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
48	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
49	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
50	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
51	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
52	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
53	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
54	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
55	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
56	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
57	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	12	BBC	22
58	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
59	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	380	Unknown	43
60	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
61	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
62	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
63	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
64	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
65	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
66	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1115	Megaphone	48
67	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
68	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
69	Chula Vista CityCast	The City of Chula Vista	Government	1	Buzzsprout	52
70	プチ鹿島赤坂タイムス	TBS RADIO	Government	146	Megaphone	43
71	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
72	Countdown to Capture	Newport Beach Police Department	Government	8	Soundcloud	43
73	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	729	Unknown	43
74	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
75	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
76	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
77	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
78	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
79	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
80	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
81	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	752	Libsyn	37
82	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
83	Philip Teresi	KMJ	Government	100	Omny Studio	48
84	Lawfare No Bull	Lawfare	Government	100	Acast	43
85	In The Tank	The Heartland Institute	Government	193	Transistor	63
86	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
87	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	416	Megaphone	49
88	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
89	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
90	The LOWDOWN	187th Fighter Wing	Government & Organizations	47	Unknown	48
91	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
92	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
94	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
95	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
96	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
97	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
98	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
99	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
100	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58

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