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 Oct 2026

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10/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 396

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:55:07

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

3. Official FBI (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	442	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	332	RedCircle	58
4	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
5	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	384	Megaphone	53
6	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
7	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2732	Megaphone	38
10	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	34	Megaphone	48
11	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1948	Megaphone	53
12	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
13	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	44	Simplecast	79
14	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
15	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	48	Omny Studio	52
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	916	RSS.com	42
17	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	90	Spreaker	54
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	152	Megaphone	48
19	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
20	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	4	Podbean	63
23	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	100	Simplecast	32
24	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	471	Megaphone	49
25	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	271	Libsyn	58
27	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	314	Megaphone	63
28	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
29	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
31	Talking Charleston	City of Charleston, SC	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
32	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	43
33	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
34	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	254	Simplecast	73
35	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
36	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
37	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1650	Unknown	43
38	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	200	PRX	59
39	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
40	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
41	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
42	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
43	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	931	Buzzsprout	63
44	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
45	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
46	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1979	BBC	43
47	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1107	Megaphone	48
48	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
49	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
50	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
51	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	12	Omny Studio	53
52	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
53	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
54	Pushing the Envelope Podcast	USPS OIG	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	27
55	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
56	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	322	Simplecast	73
57	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
58	The Merge	The Merge	Government	67	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	Fronteras	Texas Public Radio	Government	39	Unknown	38
60	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	313	Megaphone	63
61	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
62	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	576	Podbean	32
63	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
64	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	313	RSS.com	52
65	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
66	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
67	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
68	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
69	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
70	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	929	Megaphone	38
71	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	55	Megaphone	38
72	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
73	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	94	Megaphone	59
74	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
75	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
76	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	379	Unknown	43
77	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	829	Libsyn	27
78	Bill Mick Podcast	Bill Mick	Government	11	RSS.com	52
79	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	240	StreamGuys	27
80	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	38
81	The Government Fix	Code for America	Government	11	Simplecast	69
82	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
83	Be All You Can Be MSC	SKM	Government	42	Buzzsprout	59
84	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	294	Spreaker	49
85	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	537	Libsyn	63
86	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
87	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
88	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
89	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
90	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	54	Simplecast	79
91	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
92	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
93	Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)	Attorney RJ Dieken, Loki Esq Law, Montana	Government	581	Buzzsprout	58
94	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	61	Libsyn	38
95	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	Government	203	Spotify for Podcasters	22
96	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
97	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	236	Omny Studio	73
98	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
99	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	750	Libsyn	37
100	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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