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 Jun 2026

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06/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 378

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:16

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. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	49	Simplecast	79
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2768	Megaphone	38
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1972	Megaphone	53
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
9	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
10	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	39	Megaphone	48
11	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
12	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
13	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
14	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	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	922	RSS.com	42
18	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
19	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	276	Libsyn	58
23	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	321	Megaphone	63
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
25	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	157	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	460	Megaphone	58
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
30	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	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	498	Unknown	52
34	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
35	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
36	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1986	BBC	43
38	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	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	Podbean	21
42	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
43	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
44	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
45	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	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	57	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	940	Megaphone	38
52	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
53	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
54	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	939	Buzzsprout	63
56	Voices of Sustainability	Zayed Sustainability Prize	Government	62	Transistor	58
57	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1118	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	101	Buzzsprout	58
60	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
61	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
62	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
63	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
64	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	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	20	Buzzsprout	68
70	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	13	BBC	22
71	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
73	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
74	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1663	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	317	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	5	Unknown	52
80	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
81	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
82	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
83	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
84	Dissed	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	42	Acast	64
85	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
86	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	21	Spotify for Podcasters	47
87	Stories of Special Forces Operators	Circle Of Insight Productions	Government	242	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	151	Megaphone	38
90	Question Time	BBC Sounds	Government	100	BBC	28
91	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
92	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
93	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
94	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	97	Megaphone	59
95	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
96	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
97	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
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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