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 Apr 2026

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04/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 361

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:45:43

Top 5 authors

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

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. The DSR Network (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	48	Simplecast	79
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2759	Megaphone	38
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1966	Megaphone	53
7	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
8	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
9	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
11	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	478	Podbean	68
13	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
16	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
17	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
18	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
20	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
21	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
22	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
23	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
24	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
27	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
30	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
31	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
32	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
33	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
34	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
35	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
36	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
37	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
38	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
39	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
40	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
41	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
42	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
43	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
44	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	325	Simplecast	73
45	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	936	Buzzsprout	63
46	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
47	Countdown to Capture	Newport Beach Police Department	Government	8	Soundcloud	43
48	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
49	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
50	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
51	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
52	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
53	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
54	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
55	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
56	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
57	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
58	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
59	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
60	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
61	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
62	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1658	Unknown	43
63	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
64	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	752	Libsyn	37
65	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
66	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	937	Megaphone	38
67	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
68	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
69	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
70	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	47
71	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
72	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
73	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
74	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
75	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
76	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
77	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
78	プチ鹿島赤坂タイムス	TBS RADIO	Government	146	Megaphone	43
79	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
80	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	12	BBC	22
81	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
82	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
84	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
85	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
86	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
87	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
88	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
89	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
90	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
91	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	729	Unknown	43
92	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
93	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	26	Megaphone	48
94	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
95	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
97	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي Details temporarily unavailable	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Omny Studio	48
98	North Smithfield Public Comment	Elizabeth Hammond and Sarah LaFontaine	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
100	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49

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