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 Jul 2026

Country

Main category

Sub category

Date

07/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 383

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:14

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
7	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	252	Podetize	63
8	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
9	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	40	Megaphone	48
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
11	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
13	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	50	Simplecast	79
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
15	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
17	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
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	256	Simplecast	73
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
23	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
24	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
25	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
29	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
30	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
31	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
32	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
33	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
34	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
35	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
36	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
37	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	102	Buzzsprout	57
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
41	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
42	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
43	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
44	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
45	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
46	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
47	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
48	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
49	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
50	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
51	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
52	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
53	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
54	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
55	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
56	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
57	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
58	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
59	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
60	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
61	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
62	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	23	Substack	53
63	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	119	BBC	28
64	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
65	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
66	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
67	プチ鹿島赤坂タイムス	TBS RADIO	Government	151	Megaphone	43
68	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
69	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
70	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
71	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
72	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	25	Captivate	48
73	Cap Chat Texas	Stephanie Chiarello, David Mintz	Government	31	Simplecast	63
74	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
75	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
77	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	22
78	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
79	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
80	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
82	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
83	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
84	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
85	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
86	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
87	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
88	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1664	Unknown	43
89	U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Announcements	Oyez	Government & Organizations	79	Unknown	32
90	Civil Rights for Civil Servants	Shaun Southworth and Lydia Taylor	Government	7	Captivate	58
91	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
92	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	469	Omny Studio	59
93	Fifth & State	Fifth & State	Government	12	Buzzsprout	58
94	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
95	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
96	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
97	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
98	The Animal Law Podcast	Mariann Sullivan, Law Professor, Pundit, Vegan	Government	137	Blubrry Podcasting	43
99	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	680	Libsyn	58
100	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in USA.
Explore more data on podcast rankings by diving into other categories and countries, and stay ahead in the ever-changing podcast scene.

Previous charts Next charts

About Methodology Contact Support me Privacy Policy Legal Notice