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 Jun 2026

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06/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 389

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:45:16

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. Colorado Public Radio (2 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	50	Simplecast	79
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1974	Megaphone	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2771	Megaphone	38
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
9	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
10	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
11	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
12	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
13	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	39	Megaphone	48
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
17	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
18	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
20	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
21	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
22	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	276	Libsyn	58
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
27	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
28	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	157	Megaphone	48
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
30	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
31	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	97	Megaphone	59
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
33	Who's Gonna Govern?	Colorado Public Radio	Government	39	PRX	54
34	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
35	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
36	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1986	BBC	43
38	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
39	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
40	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
41	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
42	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
43	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
44	Voices of Sustainability	Zayed Sustainability Prize	Government	62	Transistor	58
45	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
46	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
47	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
48	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	940	Buzzsprout	63
49	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
50	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
51	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
52	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
53	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1119	Megaphone	48
54	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
56	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
57	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
58	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
59	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
60	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
61	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
62	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
63	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
64	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
65	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
66	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
67	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
68	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
69	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
70	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	941	Megaphone	38
71	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
72	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
73	Stories of Special Forces Operators	Circle Of Insight Productions	Government	242	Spreaker	43
74	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
75	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
76	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	5	Unknown	52
77	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
78	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
79	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
80	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
81	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
82	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
83	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
84	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
85	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
86	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	13	BBC	22
87	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1663	Unknown	43
88	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	317	RSS.com	52
89	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
90	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
91	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	20	Buzzsprout	68
92	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
93	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
94	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
95	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
96	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
97	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
98	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
99	FedUpward Podcast - Tips for Federal Government Employees	Love Rutledge	Government	199	Libsyn	47
100	Next City	Straw Hut Media	Government	162	Spreaker	59

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