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 Oct 2026

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10/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 389

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:53:22

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

4. Official FBI (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	386	Megaphone	53
4	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	36	Megaphone	48
5	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
6	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
10	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
11	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2750	Megaphone	38
12	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1960	Megaphone	53
13	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	47	Simplecast	79
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	919	RSS.com	42
15	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
16	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	4	Podbean	63
17	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
18	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
19	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	317	Megaphone	63
20	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
23	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
24	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
25	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
26	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
27	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
28	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1982	BBC	43
32	Talking Charleston	City of Charleston, SC	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
33	Fronteras	Texas Public Radio	Government	39	Unknown	38
34	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1112	Megaphone	48
35	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	273	Libsyn	58
36	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
37	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
38	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
39	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
40	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
41	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
42	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
43	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	935	Buzzsprout	63
44	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
45	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
46	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
47	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
48	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
49	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
50	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
51	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1657	Unknown	43
52	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
53	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	294	Spreaker	49
54	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
55	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	934	Megaphone	38
56	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
57	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
58	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
59	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	752	Libsyn	37
60	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	316	Megaphone	63
61	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
62	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
63	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
64	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
65	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	241	StreamGuys	27
66	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
67	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
68	Scope Conditions Podcast	Alan Jacobs and Yang-Yang Zhou	Government	37	Buzzsprout	67
69	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
70	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
71	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
72	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	196	Transistor	63
73	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
74	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
75	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
76	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
77	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	212	Megaphone	49
78	Be All You Can Be MSC	SKM	Government	42	Buzzsprout	59
79	Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)	Attorney RJ Dieken, Loki Esq Law, Montana	Government	581	Buzzsprout	58
80	Bill Mick Podcast	Bill Mick	Government	11	RSS.com	52
81	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	577	Podbean	32
82	The Ray Stevens Show	Ray Stevens \| CMLS Chicago	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
83	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
84	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	380	Unknown	43
85	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
86	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	61	Libsyn	38
87	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48
88	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	1010	StreamGuys	38
89	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
90	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	324	Simplecast	73
91	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
92	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
93	Pushing the Envelope Podcast	USPS OIG	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	27
94	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	6	Unknown	53
95	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
96	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	55	Simplecast	79
97	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
98	Let’s Talk - Lozano Smith Podcast	Lozano Smith	Government	100	Blubrry	42
99	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	106	Buzzsprout	63
100	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	30	Simplecast	58

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