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 Apr 2026

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04/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 386

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:45:47

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	44	Simplecast	79
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	442	Audioboom	63
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2732	Megaphone	38
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1948	Megaphone	53
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	332	RedCircle	58
9	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	90	Spreaker	54
11	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	475	Podbean	68
13	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	48	Omny Studio	52
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	384	Megaphone	53
16	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
17	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
18	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
19	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	314	Megaphone	63
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	152	Megaphone	48
21	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	254	Simplecast	73
23	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	12	Omny Studio	53
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
25	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
26	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	471	Megaphone	49
27	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
28	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
30	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
32	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	916	RSS.com	42
33	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
34	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
35	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	456	Megaphone	58
36	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
37	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
38	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
39	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	271	Libsyn	58
40	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
41	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	200	PRX	59
42	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	322	Simplecast	73
43	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
44	Countdown to Capture	Newport Beach Police Department	Government	8	Soundcloud	43
45	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
46	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1979	BBC	43
47	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
48	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	313	Megaphone	63
49	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
50	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	100	Simplecast	32
51	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	931	Buzzsprout	63
52	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	43
53	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
54	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	113	Megaphone	43
55	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	214	Simplecast	59
56	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	68	Substack	43
57	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	50	Megaphone	48
58	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
59	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
60	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
61	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
62	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	750	Libsyn	37
63	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
64	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
65	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
66	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	55	Megaphone	38
67	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1650	Unknown	43
68	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	929	Megaphone	38
69	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
70	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
71	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	257	Acast	69
72	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
73	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
75	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
76	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي Details temporarily unavailable	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Omny Studio	48
77	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	727	Unknown	43
78	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	26	Megaphone	48
79	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
80	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
81	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	94	Megaphone	59
82	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	203	Megaphone	53
83	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
84	Vermont Viewpoint	Vermont Viewpoint	Government	990	Blubrry	38
85	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
86	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
87	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
88	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	210	Unknown	58
89	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	12	BBC	22
90	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
91	SCOTUS Audio	SCOTUS Audio	Government	80	Spotify for Podcasters	53
92	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	576	Podbean	32
93	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	47
94	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	313	RSS.com	52
95	Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)	Attorney RJ Dieken, Loki Esq Law, Montana	Government	581	Buzzsprout	58
96	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	829	Libsyn	27
97	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
98	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
99	Public Works Podcast	Joseph Blackman	Government	418	Spreaker	32
100	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	196	Transistor	63

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