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 Aug 2026

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08/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 359

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:41:24

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Unknown (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
5	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
12	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
13	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
14	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
15	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
19	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
20	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
22	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
24	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
25	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
26	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
27	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
28	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
29	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
30	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
31	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
32	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
33	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
34	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
35	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
36	Santa Clarita Voices	City of Santa Clarita	Government	11	Buzzsprout	68
37	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
38	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
39	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
40	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
41	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
43	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
44	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
45	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
46	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
48	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
49	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
50	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
51	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
52	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
53	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
54	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
55	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
56	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
57	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
58	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
59	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
60	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
61	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
62	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
63	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
64	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
65	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	45	Audioboom	58
66	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	721	Captivate	53
67	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
68	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
69	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
70	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
71	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
72	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
73	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
74	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
75	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
76	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
77	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
78	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
79	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
80	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
81	In the Making	Baratunde Thurston, Ashleigh Gardere, Michael McAfee	Government	9	Megaphone	43
82	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	14	Substack	43
83	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
84	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
85	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
86	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
87	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
88	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
89	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
90	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
91	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
92	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
93	Stories of Special Forces Operators	Circle Of Insight Productions	Government	219	Spreaker	43
94	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
95	Government Accountability Office (GAO) Podcast: Watchdog Report	Government Accountability Office	Government	50	Unknown	32
96	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
97	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	106	Megaphone	59
98	Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life	PolicyLink	Government	14	Omny Studio	58
99	The United States Constitution	The U.S. Constitution	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43

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