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 Jun 2026

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06/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 375

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:43:41

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
9	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
10	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
11	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
13	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
14	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
15	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
16	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
17	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
19	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
21	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
23	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
25	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
28	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
31	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
32	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
33	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
34	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
35	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
36	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
37	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
38	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
39	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
40	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
41	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
42	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
43	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
44	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
45	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
46	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
47	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
48	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
49	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
50	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
51	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
52	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
53	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
54	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
55	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
56	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
57	The Thin Line w/ Imran Ali	The Thin Line Podcast	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	22
58	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
59	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
60	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
61	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
62	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
63	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
64	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
65	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
66	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
67	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
68	Beyond the Satchel	Cristal Czajkoski	Government	25	Podbean	48
69	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
70	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
71	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
72	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
73	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
74	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
75	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
76	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
77	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
78	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
79	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
80	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
81	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
82	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
83	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
84	Technologically Speaking	DHS Science and Technology Directorate	Government	67	Podbean	58
85	Next City	Straw Hut Media	Government	162	Spreaker	59
86	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
87	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
88	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
89	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
90	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	19	Buzzsprout	38
91	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
92	Fully Involved Firefighting	Fully Involved Firefighting	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
94	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
95	The 80 Million Podcast	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP	Government	8	Podbean	58
96	The Pod Couple	Problem Solvers Caucus	Government	2	RSS.com	58
97	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
98	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	53	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	47	RSS.com	58
100	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42

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