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 juin 2026

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06/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 361

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:43:55

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
9	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
10	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
11	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
12	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
13	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
18	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
19	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
23	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
25	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
28	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
30	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
31	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
32	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
33	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
34	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
35	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
36	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
38	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
39	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
40	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
41	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
42	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
43	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
44	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
45	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
46	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
47	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
48	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
49	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
50	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
51	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
52	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
53	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
54	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
56	Voices of Sustainability	Zayed Sustainability Prize	Government	17	Megaphone	53
57	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
58	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
59	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
60	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
61	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
62	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
63	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
64	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
65	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
66	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
67	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
68	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
69	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
70	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
71	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
72	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
73	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
74	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
75	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
76	FedUpward Podcast - Tips for Federal Government Employees	Love Rutledge	Government	199	Libsyn	47
77	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
78	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
79	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
80	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
81	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
82	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
83	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
84	Dissed	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	42	Acast	64
85	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
86	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
87	Stories of Special Forces Operators	Circle Of Insight Productions	Government	220	Spreaker	43
88	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
89	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
90	Question Time	BBC Sounds	Government	94	BBC	33
91	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
92	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
93	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
94	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
95	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
96	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	54	Unknown	38
97	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
98	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
99	The CFTC Observer Podcast: An Agency-Outsider's Perspective of the Derivatives Industry	An Industry Observer	Government	14	Spotify for Podcasters	32
100	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33

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