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 avr. 2026

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04/09/2026

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Episodes: 334

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:32

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (27 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Podbean (6 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
3	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
13	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
14	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
16	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
17	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
18	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
19	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
22	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
23	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
24	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
25	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
30	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
31	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
34	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
35	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
36	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
37	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
38	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
39	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
40	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
41	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
42	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
43	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
44	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
45	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
46	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
47	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
48	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
49	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
50	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
51	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
52	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
53	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
54	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
55	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
56	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
57	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
58	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
59	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
60	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
61	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
62	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
63	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
64	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
65	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
66	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
67	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
68	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
69	Countdown to Capture	Newport Beach Police Department	Government	8	Soundcloud	43
70	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
71	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
72	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
73	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	29	Simplecast	58
74	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
75	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
76	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
77	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
78	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	9	Unknown	38
79	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
80	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
81	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
82	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
83	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
84	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
85	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	45	Audioboom	58
86	Texas Talks	Texas Talks	Government	121	Simplecast	53
87	Strength in Numbers	Foreign Policy	Government	9	Megaphone	53
88	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
89	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
90	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
91	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
92	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
93	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
94	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
95	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
96	プチ鹿島赤坂タイムス	TBS RADIO	Government	119	Megaphone	43
97	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
99	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59
100	Political Playlist Happy Hour	Political Playlist	Government	231	Spotify for Podcasters	28

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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