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 06 Mar 2026

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03/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 393

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:42:47

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. Oyez (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
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	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
10	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
13	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
15	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
17	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
22	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
23	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
24	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
25	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
27	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
28	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
29	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
30	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
31	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
32	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
33	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
34	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
35	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
36	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
37	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
38	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
39	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
41	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
42	The Bozeman Brief	Mark Egge	Government	23	Unknown	53
43	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
44	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
45	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
46	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
47	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
48	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
49	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
50	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
51	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	24	Simplecast	68
52	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
53	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
54	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
55	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
56	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
57	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
58	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
59	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
60	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
61	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
62	Global Recon	John Hendricks	Government	192	Spotify for Podcasters	43
63	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
64	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
65	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
66	Old Government Guys	Rapid Point Studio	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	53
67	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
68	U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Announcements	Oyez	Government & Organizations	79	Unknown	32
69	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
70	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
71	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
72	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
73	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
74	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
75	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
76	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
77	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
78	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
79	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
80	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
81	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
82	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
83	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
84	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
85	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
86	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
87	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
88	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
89	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
90	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
91	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
92	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
93	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
94	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
95	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
96	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
97	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
98	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
99	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	106	Megaphone	59
100	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48

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