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 May 2026

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05/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 379

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:08

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	438	Audioboom	63
2	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	38	Simplecast	79
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
4	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	29	Megaphone	48
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1918	Megaphone	53
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2687	Megaphone	38
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	469	Podbean	68
11	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
12	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
16	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
18	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
19	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
20	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	45	Omny Studio	52
21	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
22	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
23	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	907	RSS.com	42
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	453	Megaphone	58
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
30	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
31	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
32	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
33	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
34	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
35	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
36	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
37	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
38	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
39	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	369	Megaphone	43
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
41	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	248	Podetize	63
42	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
43	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
44	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
45	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
46	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
47	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
48	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
49	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
50	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
51	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
52	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	248	Podbean	42
53	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
54	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	96	Megaphone	49
55	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
56	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
57	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
58	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
59	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
60	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	235	Omny Studio	73
61	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
62	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	254	Acast	69
63	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	915	Buzzsprout	63
64	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	91	Megaphone	59
65	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1629	Unknown	43
66	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
67	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
68	The 80 Million Podcast	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP	Government	8	Podbean	58
69	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
70	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
71	Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)	Government	12	Buzzsprout	27
72	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
73	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
74	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	154	Buzzsprout	47
75	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
76	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	48	Megaphone	48
77	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	198	PRX	59
78	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	825	Libsyn	27
79	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
80	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
81	AIPAC	AIPAC	Government	8	Transistor	53
82	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
83	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
84	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
85	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	307	RSS.com	52
86	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
87	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
88	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	748	Libsyn	37
89	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	724	Unknown	43
90	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
91	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
92	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
93	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
94	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	307	Megaphone	63
95	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	19	Spotify for Podcasters	47
97	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1093	Megaphone	48
98	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	237	StreamGuys	27
99	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
100	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	573	Podbean	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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