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 Sep 2026

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09/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 377

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:59

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (7 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
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	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
7	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
8	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
9	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
10	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
11	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
13	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
16	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
18	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
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	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
25	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
30	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
31	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
32	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
33	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
34	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
35	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
36	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
37	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
38	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
39	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
40	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
41	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
42	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
43	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
44	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
45	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
46	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
47	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
48	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
49	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
50	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
51	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
52	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
53	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
54	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
55	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
56	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
57	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
58	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
59	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
60	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
61	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
62	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
63	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
64	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
65	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
66	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
67	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
68	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
69	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
70	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
71	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
72	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
73	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
74	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
75	Military Retirement Podcast	w/ John McConnell and Victor De La Flor	Government	135	Spotify for Podcasters	47
76	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
77	Strength in Numbers	Foreign Policy	Government	9	Megaphone	53
78	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
79	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
80	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
81	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
82	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
83	CitiesSpeak With Clarence Anthony	National League of Cities	Government	86	Buzzsprout	42
84	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
85	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
86	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
87	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
88	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
89	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
90	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
91	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
92	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	998	StreamGuys	38
93	The Weston Way	City of Weston	Government	15	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
95	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
96	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
97	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
98	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
99	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
100	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42

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