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 Oct 2026

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10/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 392

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:53:02

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. Cato Institute (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2753	Megaphone	38
7	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
8	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
9	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
10	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
11	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1962	Megaphone	53
12	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
13	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	47	Simplecast	79
14	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
15	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	919	RSS.com	42
17	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	155	Megaphone	48
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
25	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
26	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
27	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	317	Megaphone	63
28	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
29	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
30	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
31	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
32	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	4	Podbean	63
33	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
34	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
35	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
36	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
37	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
38	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1657	Unknown	43
39	Talking Charleston	City of Charleston, SC	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
40	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
41	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
42	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
43	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
44	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
45	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
46	Power and Principle with Mark Lee Greenblatt	Federal News Network	Government	1	ART19	48
47	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
48	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	935	Buzzsprout	63
49	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1983	BBC	43
50	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	316	Megaphone	63
51	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
52	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
53	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
54	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	56	Simplecast	79
55	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1113	Megaphone	48
56	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
57	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
58	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
59	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
60	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	325	Simplecast	73
61	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
62	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
63	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
64	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
65	Pushing the Envelope Podcast	USPS OIG	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	27
66	The Weekly Break Out	Breaking Defense	Government	55	Libsyn	38
67	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
68	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
69	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	577	Podbean	32
70	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
71	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	Government	203	Spotify for Podcasters	22
72	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	541	Libsyn	58
73	Fronteras	Texas Public Radio	Government	39	Unknown	38
74	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
75	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	294	Spreaker	49
76	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
77	The Government Fix	Code for America	Government	11	Simplecast	69
78	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
79	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
80	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	752	Libsyn	37
81	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	935	Megaphone	38
82	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
83	Space Strategy	Space Pod	Government	63	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
85	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	38
86	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	316	RSS.com	52
88	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
89	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	241	StreamGuys	27
90	Moving Experiences: Stories of the CTA	Chicago Transit Authority	Government	9	Buzzsprout	42
91	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
92	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	38
93	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	1012	StreamGuys	38
94	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
95	CuriosiD	WDET	Government	94	Unknown	43
96	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
97	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	730	Captivate	53
98	Unintended Consequences	Cato Institute	Government	28	Acast	54
99	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
100	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42

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