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 05 Mar 2026

Country

Main category

Sub category

Date

03/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 384

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:13

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

4. Official FBI (2 shows)

5. Oyez (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Unknown (8 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	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
9	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
11	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
12	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
15	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
18	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
19	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
20	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
22	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
23	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
24	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
27	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
28	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
29	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
30	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
31	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
32	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
33	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
35	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
36	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
37	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	24	Simplecast	68
38	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
39	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
40	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
41	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
42	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
43	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
44	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
45	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
46	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
47	The Bozeman Brief	Mark Egge	Government	23	Unknown	53
48	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
49	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
50	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
51	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
52	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
53	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
54	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
55	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
56	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
57	Global Recon	John Hendricks	Government	192	Spotify for Podcasters	43
58	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
59	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
61	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
62	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
63	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
64	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
65	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
66	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
67	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
68	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
69	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
70	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
71	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
72	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
73	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
74	U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Announcements	Oyez	Government & Organizations	79	Unknown	32
75	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
76	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
77	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
78	Straight to The Point With Catherine Herridge	L.A. Times Studios	Government	14	Simplecast	58
79	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
80	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
81	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
82	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
83	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
84	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
85	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	106	Megaphone	59
86	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
87	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
88	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
89	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
90	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
91	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
92	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
93	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
94	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
95	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
96	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
97	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
98	The Cognitive Crucible	Information Professionals Association	Government	249	Libsyn	58
99	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
100	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in USA.
Explore more data on podcast rankings by diving into other categories and countries, and stay ahead in the ever-changing podcast scene.

Previous charts Next charts

About Methodology Contact Support me Privacy Policy Legal Notice