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 mai 2026

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05/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 357

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:47:06

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	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	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
12	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
20	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
21	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
23	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
25	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
26	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
27	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
28	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
30	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
31	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
32	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
33	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
34	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
35	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
36	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
37	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
38	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
39	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
40	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
41	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
42	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
43	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
44	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
45	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
46	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
47	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
48	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
49	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
50	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
51	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
52	Asked & Answered - your community podcast for all things legal	Alane Breland & Kierstin Anderson	Government	9	Transistor	48
53	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
54	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
55	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
56	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
57	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
58	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
59	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
60	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
61	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
62	Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)	Government	12	Buzzsprout	27
63	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
64	At The Mic With Keith Malinak	Keith Malinak	Government	145	Captivate	53
65	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
66	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
67	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
68	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
69	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
70	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
71	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
72	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
73	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
74	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
75	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
76	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
77	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
78	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	166	Simplecast	48
79	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
80	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
81	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
82	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
83	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
84	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
85	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59
86	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
87	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
88	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
89	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
90	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
91	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
92	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
93	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
94	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
95	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
96	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
97	Hyattsville Happenings	City of Hyattsville	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
98	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
99	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
100	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58

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