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 May 2026

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05/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 378

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:45

Top 5 authors

1. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Acast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
3	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	48	Simplecast	79
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2759	Megaphone	38
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1966	Megaphone	53
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
9	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
10	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
11	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
13	American Potential	American Potential	News	478	Podbean	68
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
17	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
18	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
20	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
23	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
24	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
25	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
27	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
29	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
30	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
31	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
32	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
33	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
34	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
35	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
36	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
37	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
38	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
39	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
40	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
41	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
42	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
43	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
44	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
45	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
46	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	325	Simplecast	73
47	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
48	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
49	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
50	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	5	Unknown	52
51	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
52	The Thin Line w/ Imran Ali	The Thin Line Podcast	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	22
53	The 80 Million Podcast	The 80 Million	Government	11	Substack	53
54	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
55	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
56	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
57	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
58	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
59	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	936	Buzzsprout	63
60	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	937	Megaphone	38
61	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
62	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
63	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
64	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
65	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
66	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
67	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
68	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
69	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
70	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
71	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
72	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	242	StreamGuys	27
73	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
74	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
75	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
76	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
77	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
78	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
79	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
80	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
81	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
82	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
83	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
84	The Open Agenda	QACTV	Government	2	N/A	N/A
85	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	47
86	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
87	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	12	Megaphone	63
88	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	729	Unknown	43
89	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
90	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
92	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
93	Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule	Washington Institute	Government	19	Acast	69
94	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
95	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
96	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
97	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
98	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	316	RSS.com	52
99	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
100	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	752	Libsyn	37

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