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 Jun 2026

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06/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 411

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 00:43:57

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Unknown (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2672	Megaphone	38
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	36	Simplecast	79
8	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
10	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
12	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
13	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	27	Megaphone	48
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
15	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
16	Fiasco Details temporarily unavailable	Pushkin Industries	Government	47	Omny Studio	69
17	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
18	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
19	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
20	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
21	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
22	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	904	RSS.com	42
25	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
28	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
30	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
35	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
36	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
37	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1967	BBC	43
41	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
42	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
43	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
44	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
45	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
46	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
47	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	914	Buzzsprout	63
48	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
49	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	304	RSS.com	52
50	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	96	Megaphone	49
51	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	51	Megaphone	38
52	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
53	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	909	Megaphone	38
54	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	315	Simplecast	73
55	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
56	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
58	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
59	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
60	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
61	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
62	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
63	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
64	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
65	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
66	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
67	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
68	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
69	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
70	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
71	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
72	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
73	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
74	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
75	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
76	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	236	StreamGuys	27
77	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
78	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	54	Unknown	38
79	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
80	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
81	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
82	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	375	Unknown	43
83	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
84	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
85	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
86	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
87	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
88	FedUpward Podcast - Tips for Federal Government Employees	Love Rutledge	Government	199	Libsyn	47
89	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
90	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
91	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	9	BBC	22
92	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
93	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
94	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
95	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
96	Question Time	BBC Sounds	Government	95	BBC	28
97	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
98	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
99	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
100	Next City	Straw Hut Media	Government	162	Spreaker	59

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