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 Jun 2026

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06/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 382

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:35

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (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	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
6	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
9	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
11	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
16	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
17	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
19	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
22	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
23	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
25	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
29	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
32	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
33	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
34	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
35	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
36	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
37	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
38	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
39	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
40	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
41	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
42	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
43	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
44	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
45	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
46	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
47	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
48	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
49	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
50	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
51	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
52	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
53	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
54	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
55	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
56	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
57	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
58	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
59	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
60	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
61	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
63	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
64	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
65	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
66	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
67	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
68	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
69	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
70	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
71	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
72	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
73	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
74	The Thin Line w/ Imran Ali	The Thin Line Podcast	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	22
75	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
76	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
77	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
78	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
79	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
80	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
81	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
82	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	54	Unknown	38
83	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
84	Technologically Speaking	DHS Science and Technology Directorate	Government	67	Podbean	58
85	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
86	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
87	Next City	Straw Hut Media	Government	162	Spreaker	59
88	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
89	Beyond the Satchel	Cristal Czajkoski	Government	25	Podbean	48
90	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
91	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
92	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
93	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
94	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
95	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
96	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
97	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
98	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
99	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
100	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53

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