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 Oct 2026

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10/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 406

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:52:19

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	440	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2702	Megaphone	38
3	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	31	Megaphone	48
4	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	382	Megaphone	53
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1928	Megaphone	53
9	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	248	Podetize	63
10	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	40	Simplecast	79
11	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	62	Megaphone	73
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	46	Omny Studio	52
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	88	Spreaker	54
17	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	910	RSS.com	42
19	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	267	Libsyn	58
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	148	Megaphone	48
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
22	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	150	Megaphone	43
23	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	469	Megaphone	49
24	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
25	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	199	PRX	59
26	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	2	Podbean	63
27	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	155	Buzzsprout	47
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
29	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1973	BBC	43
30	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
31	Talking Charleston	City of Charleston, SC	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	48
32	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
33	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
34	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
35	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1635	Unknown	43
36	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	920	Buzzsprout	63
37	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
38	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
39	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
40	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
41	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	919	Megaphone	38
42	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
43	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
44	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
45	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
46	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	749	Libsyn	37
47	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
48	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	309	Megaphone	63
49	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
50	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
51	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
52	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
53	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
54	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	319	Simplecast	73
55	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	309	RSS.com	52
56	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	1004	StreamGuys	38
57	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
58	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
59	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
60	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
61	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
62	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	212	Megaphone	49
63	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	53	Megaphone	38
64	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
65	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1098	Megaphone	48
66	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	112	Megaphone	59
67	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	238	StreamGuys	27
68	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
69	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
70	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	351	Libsyn	68
71	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	310	Megaphone	63
72	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
73	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	826	Libsyn	27
74	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
75	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48
76	Fronteras	Texas Public Radio	Government	39	Unknown	38
77	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	10	BBC	22
78	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	195	Transistor	63
79	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	213	Simplecast	59
80	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
81	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
82	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
83	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	59	Megaphone	38
84	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	574	Podbean	32
85	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	255	Acast	69
86	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	102	Buzzsprout	63
87	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	725	Unknown	43
88	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	66	Substack	43
89	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
90	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	235	Omny Studio	73
91	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	52	Simplecast	79
92	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
93	Bill Mick Podcast	Bill Mick	Government	4	RSS.com	47
94	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
95	EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy	EQUALS	Government	102	Acast	73
96	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
97	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
98	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	532	Libsyn	58
99	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
100	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42

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