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 Nov 2026

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11/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 382

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:44:52

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Unknown (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	252	Podetize	63
3	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
7	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	40	Megaphone	48
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
10	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
12	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
13	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
14	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	50	Simplecast	79
15	The Economics Of It	Cato Institute	Government	3	Acast	63
16	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
17	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
19	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
20	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
24	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
25	Big Take, Midterms 2026	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	12	Omny Studio	48
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
28	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
29	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
31	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
32	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
33	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
34	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
35	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
36	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
37	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
38	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
39	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
40	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	15	Omny Studio	63
41	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
42	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
43	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
44	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
45	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	8	Unknown	53
46	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
47	Congressional Dish Details temporarily unavailable	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
48	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
49	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
50	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
51	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
52	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
53	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
54	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
55	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	21	Buzzsprout	68
56	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
57	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
58	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
60	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
61	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	57	Simplecast	79
62	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
63	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
64	FedUpward Podcast - Tips for Federal Government Employees	Love Rutledge	Government	199	Libsyn	47
65	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	47
66	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
67	Acquisition Talk	Eric Lofgren	Government	169	Soundcloud	43
68	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
69	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
70	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
71	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
72	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
73	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	1017	StreamGuys	38
74	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
75	Cyber Focus: Cybersecurity, National Security, and Critical Infrastructure	Frank Cilluffo / McCrary Institute	Government	2	Libsyn	52
76	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1664	Unknown	43
77	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
78	The 80 Million Podcast	The 80 Million	Government	11	Substack	53
79	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
80	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
81	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
82	The Jacob Shapiro Podcast	Jacob Shapiro	Government	350	Captivate	68
83	Minor Powers	Audiographies Team	Government	1	Captivate	73
84	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
85	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
86	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	56	RSS.com	58
87	Chaos Theory	Chaos Theory	Government	4	Acast	73
88	Texas Matters	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	38
89	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
90	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
91	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
92	Gov360	Chris Mann	Government	34	Podbean	73
93	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	110	Buzzsprout	63
94	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
95	The Hitchhikers Guide to Aotearoa	Charlie Ryan	Government & Organizations	4	Unknown	43
96	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
97	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
98	The Government Fix	Code for America	Government	13	Simplecast	69
99	The Quill & Sword	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	245	Unknown	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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