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 Oct 2026

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10/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 379

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:51:53

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Official FBI (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Unknown (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	441	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	31	Megaphone	48
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2705	Megaphone	38
5	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	382	Megaphone	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	248	Podetize	63
9	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1930	Megaphone	53
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	40	Simplecast	79
13	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	62	Megaphone	73
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	910	RSS.com	42
15	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	46	Omny Studio	52
16	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	88	Spreaker	54
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
19	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	2	Podbean	63
20	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	469	Megaphone	49
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	150	Megaphone	43
22	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	148	Megaphone	48
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	267	Libsyn	58
24	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	310	Megaphone	63
25	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
26	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
27	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1973	BBC	43
28	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
29	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	155	Buzzsprout	47
30	Fronteras	Texas Public Radio	Government	39	Unknown	38
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
32	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	199	PRX	59
33	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
34	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
35	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	920	Buzzsprout	63
36	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
37	Talking Charleston	City of Charleston, SC	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	48
38	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	491	Unknown	52
39	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1638	Unknown	43
40	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	919	Megaphone	38
41	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
42	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
43	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
44	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
45	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
46	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
47	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	749	Libsyn	37
48	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
49	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
50	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
51	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	371	Megaphone	43
52	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
53	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
54	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
55	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
56	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	310	Megaphone	63
57	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
58	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
59	The Merge	The Merge	Government	67	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
61	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	1005	StreamGuys	38
62	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
63	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	351	Libsyn	68
64	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	212	Megaphone	49
65	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
66	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
67	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
68	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
69	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1099	Megaphone	48
70	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	53	Megaphone	38
71	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	574	Podbean	32
72	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
73	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
74	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	319	Simplecast	73
75	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	377	Unknown	43
76	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	413	Megaphone	49
77	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	59	Megaphone	38
78	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
79	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	52	Simplecast	79
80	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	213	Simplecast	59
81	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	725	Unknown	43
82	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
83	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	66	Substack	43
84	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	112	Megaphone	59
85	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
86	Bill Mick Podcast	Bill Mick	Government	5	RSS.com	47
87	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	238	StreamGuys	27
88	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
89	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
90	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
91	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	92	Simplecast	52
92	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	9	BBC	22
93	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	826	Libsyn	27
94	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	309	RSS.com	52
95	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	66	Unknown	27
96	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
97	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48
98	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
99	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
100	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	6	Unknown	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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