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 sept. 2026

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09/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 355

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:37

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

3. Official FBI (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
8	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
9	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
10	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
12	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
13	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
15	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
16	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
17	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
18	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
19	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
20	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
21	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
22	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
24	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
27	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
28	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
30	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
31	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
32	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
35	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
36	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
37	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
38	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
39	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
40	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
41	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
42	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
43	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
44	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
45	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
46	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
47	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
48	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
49	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
50	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
51	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
52	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
53	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
54	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
55	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
56	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
57	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
58	Power Plays	Podcaster	Government	78	Simplecast	48
59	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
60	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
61	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
62	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
63	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
64	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
65	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
66	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
67	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
68	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
69	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
70	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
71	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
72	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
73	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
74	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
75	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
76	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
77	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	236	StreamGuys	27
78	CitiesSpeak With Clarence Anthony	National League of Cities	Government	86	Buzzsprout	42
79	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
80	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
81	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
82	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
83	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
84	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
85	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
86	The Government Fix	Code for America	Government	9	Simplecast	69
87	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
88	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	68	Podbean	43
89	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	129	Squarespace	63
90	Strength in Numbers	Foreign Policy	Government	9	Megaphone	53
91	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
92	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
93	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
94	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
95	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
96	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
97	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
98	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
99	The Weston Way	City of Weston	Government	15	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73

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