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 May 2026

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05/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 358

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:46:39

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

3. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	439	Audioboom	63
2	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	38	Simplecast	79
3	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	29	Megaphone	48
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1920	Megaphone	53
8	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
9	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2690	Megaphone	38
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	469	Podbean	68
11	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
12	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
14	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	45	Omny Studio	52
17	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
18	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
19	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
20	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
21	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
22	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
23	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	907	RSS.com	42
25	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	453	Megaphone	58
30	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
31	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	96	Megaphone	49
32	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
33	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
34	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
35	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
36	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
37	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
38	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
39	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
40	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
41	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
42	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	248	Podetize	63
43	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
44	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
45	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
46	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
47	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
48	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	198	PRX	59
49	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
50	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
51	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	917	Buzzsprout	63
52	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
53	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
54	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	248	Podbean	42
55	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
56	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1629	Unknown	43
57	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
58	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
59	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
60	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
61	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	19	Spotify for Podcasters	47
62	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
63	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	154	Buzzsprout	47
64	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
65	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	317	Simplecast	73
66	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	254	Acast	69
67	Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)	Government	12	Buzzsprout	27
68	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
69	Asked & Answered - your community podcast for all things legal	Alane Breland & Kierstin Anderson	Government	9	Transistor	48
70	At The Mic With Keith Malinak	Keith Malinak	Government	145	Captivate	53
71	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
72	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
73	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
74	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
75	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	825	Libsyn	27
76	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
77	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	308	Megaphone	63
78	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
79	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
80	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
81	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
82	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	194	Transistor	63
83	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1094	Megaphone	48
84	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	48	Megaphone	48
85	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
86	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
87	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
88	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
89	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	307	RSS.com	52
90	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	529	Libsyn	58
91	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
92	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
93	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	724	Unknown	43
94	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	38
95	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
96	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	237	StreamGuys	27
97	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
98	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	166	Simplecast	48
99	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
100	Pandora's Box: The Fall of L.A.'s Sheriff	LAT Studios, Los Angeles Times	Government	7	Simplecast	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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