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 09 Mar 2026

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03/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 360

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:58

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (3 shows)

4. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
8	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
11	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
14	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
15	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
16	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
19	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
20	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
27	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
29	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
30	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
32	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
33	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
34	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
35	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
36	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
37	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
38	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
39	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
40	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
41	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
42	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
43	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
44	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
45	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
46	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
47	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
48	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
49	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
50	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
51	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
52	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
53	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
54	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
55	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
56	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
57	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
58	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
59	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
60	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
61	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
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	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
64	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
65	Global Recon	John Hendricks	Government	192	Spotify for Podcasters	43
66	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
67	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
68	U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Announcements	Oyez	Government & Organizations	79	Unknown	32
69	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
70	Old Government Guys	Rapid Point Studio	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	53
71	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
72	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
73	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
74	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
75	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
76	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
77	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
78	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
79	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
80	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
81	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
82	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
83	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
84	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
85	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
86	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
87	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
88	Your Mountain	David Willms, Mike McGrady and Nephi Cole	Sports	221	Libsyn	53
89	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
90	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
91	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
92	Air Force Handbook 1	Air Education and Training Command	Government & Organizations	107	Unknown	43
93	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
94	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
96	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
97	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
98	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
99	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
100	Around the Roundhouse	The Santa Fe New Mexican	Government	58	Omny Studio	73

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