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 08 Mar 2026

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03/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 361

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:12

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. Oyez (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
8	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
10	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
13	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
17	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
18	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
19	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
20	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
21	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
25	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
26	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
31	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
32	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
33	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
34	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
35	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
36	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
37	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
38	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
39	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
40	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
41	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
42	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
43	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
44	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
45	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
46	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
47	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
48	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
49	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
50	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
51	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
52	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
53	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
54	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
55	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
56	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
57	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
58	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
59	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
60	Old Government Guys	Rapid Point Studio	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	53
61	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
62	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
63	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
64	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
65	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
66	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
67	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
68	Around the Roundhouse	The Santa Fe New Mexican	Government	58	Omny Studio	73
69	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
70	Global Recon	John Hendricks	Government	192	Spotify for Podcasters	43
71	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
72	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
73	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
74	The Bozeman Brief	Mark Egge	Government	23	Unknown	53
75	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
76	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
77	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
78	Protect & Connect	Tega Cay	Government	1	Buzzsprout	73
79	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	24	Simplecast	68
80	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
81	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
82	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
83	Live From America with Jeremy Herrell	Jeremy Herrell	Government	2147	RSS.com	32
84	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
85	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
86	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
87	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
88	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
89	Question Time	BBC Sounds	Government	94	BBC	33
90	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
91	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
92	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
93	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
94	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
95	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
96	U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Announcements	Oyez	Government & Organizations	79	Unknown	32
97	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
98	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
99	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
100	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43

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