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 04 mars 2026

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03/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 372

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:01

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

4. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
9	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
12	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
14	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
15	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
16	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
17	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
23	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
24	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
26	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
27	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
28	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
29	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
30	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
31	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
32	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
35	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
36	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
37	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
38	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
39	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
40	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
41	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
42	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
43	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
45	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
46	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
47	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
48	Global Recon	John Hendricks	Government	192	Spotify for Podcasters	43
49	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
50	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
51	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
52	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
53	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
54	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
55	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
56	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
57	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
58	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
59	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
60	The Bozeman Brief	Mark Egge	Government	23	Unknown	53
61	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
62	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
63	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
64	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
65	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
66	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
67	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
68	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
69	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
70	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
71	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
72	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
73	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
74	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
75	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
76	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
77	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
78	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
79	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
80	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
81	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
82	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
83	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
84	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
85	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
86	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
87	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
88	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
89	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
90	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
91	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
92	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
93	The Quill & Sword	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	233	Unknown	43
94	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
95	Straight to The Point With Catherine Herridge	L.A. Times Studios	Government	14	Simplecast	58
96	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
97	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
98	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
99	Audio Briefs	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	1465	Megaphone	43
100	Bozeman Beat	City of Bozeman	Government	2	Libsyn	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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