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 07 Apr 2026

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04/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 362

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:59

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (6 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. The DSR Network (3 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	49	Simplecast	79
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
7	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
8	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	38	Megaphone	48
9	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
11	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
12	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
13	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
14	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
15	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
16	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
17	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
18	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
20	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	921	RSS.com	42
24	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
25	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
26	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
28	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
29	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
35	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
36	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
37	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
38	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
40	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
41	Countdown to Capture	Newport Beach Police Department	Government	8	Soundcloud	43
42	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
43	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
44	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
45	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
46	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
47	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
48	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
49	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
50	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
51	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
52	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
53	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
54	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
55	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
56	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	27	Megaphone	48
57	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
58	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
59	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
60	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
61	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
62	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
63	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
64	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
65	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
66	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
67	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
68	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
69	Pine State Politics: In Session	Natalie Emmerson and Larsen Van Horn	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
71	プチ鹿島赤坂タイムス	TBS RADIO	Government	151	Megaphone	43
72	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
73	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
74	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
75	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
76	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	469	Omny Studio	59
77	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
79	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
80	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
81	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
82	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
83	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
85	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
86	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
87	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
88	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1115	Megaphone	48
89	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
90	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
91	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	47
92	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	32	Simplecast	58
93	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	12	Megaphone	63
94	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	316	RSS.com	52
95	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
96	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
97	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1661	Unknown	43
98	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
99	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	216	Megaphone	49
100	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	75	Captivate	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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