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 Aug 2026

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08/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 390

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:54

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Podbean (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
9	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
10	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
12	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
14	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
15	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
16	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
18	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
19	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
20	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
23	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
25	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
26	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
29	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
31	Santa Clarita Voices	City of Santa Clarita	Government	11	Buzzsprout	68
32	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
35	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
36	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
37	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
38	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
39	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
40	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
41	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
42	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
43	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
44	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
45	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
46	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
47	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
48	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
49	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
50	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
51	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
52	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
53	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
54	Chula Vista CityCast	The City of Chula Vista	Government	1	Buzzsprout	52
55	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
56	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
57	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
58	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
59	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
60	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
61	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
62	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
63	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
64	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
65	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
66	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
67	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
68	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
69	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
70	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
71	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
72	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
73	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
74	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
75	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
76	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
77	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
78	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
79	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
80	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
81	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
82	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
83	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
84	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
85	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	44	RSS.com	42
86	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	68	Podbean	43
87	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
88	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
89	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
90	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
91	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
92	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
93	The LOWDOWN	187th Fighter Wing	Government & Organizations	36	Unknown	48
94	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	20	Captivate	48
95	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	106	Megaphone	59
96	How to Really Run a City powered by Accelerator for America	The Philadelphia Citizen	Government	53	Libsyn	68
97	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
98	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
99	The Asset	District Productive	Government	65	ART19	69
100	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68

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