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 Oct 2026

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10/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 390

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:52:04

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. Official FBI (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2747	Megaphone	38
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1958	Megaphone	53
7	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
8	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	386	Megaphone	53
11	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	36	Megaphone	48
12	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
13	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	46	Simplecast	79
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
15	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
16	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
17	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
18	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	918	RSS.com	42
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
23	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
24	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
25	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
28	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
29	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
30	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
31	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
33	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	316	Megaphone	63
34	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
35	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
36	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	273	Libsyn	58
37	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	200	PRX	59
38	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1655	Unknown	43
39	Power and Principle with Mark Lee Greenblatt	Federal News Network	Government	1	ART19	48
40	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	4	Podbean	63
41	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
42	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
43	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
44	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	55	Simplecast	79
45	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
46	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
47	Talking Charleston	City of Charleston, SC	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
48	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	934	Megaphone	38
49	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1981	BBC	43
50	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
51	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
52	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
53	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	934	Buzzsprout	63
54	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1111	Megaphone	48
55	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
56	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	210	Unknown	58
57	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
58	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
59	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
60	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
61	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	241	StreamGuys	27
62	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
63	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
64	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	324	Simplecast	73
65	Moving Experiences: Stories of the CTA	Chicago Transit Authority	Government	9	Buzzsprout	42
66	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
67	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
68	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
69	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	750	Libsyn	37
70	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	258	Acast	69
71	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
72	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	Government	203	Spotify for Podcasters	22
73	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
74	The Weekly Break Out	Breaking Defense	Government	55	Libsyn	38
75	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	730	Captivate	53
76	From the Source with Wade Crowfoot	California Natural Resources Agency	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	32
77	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	1010	StreamGuys	38
78	Pushing the Envelope Podcast	USPS OIG	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	27
79	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
80	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
81	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
82	The Merge	The Merge	Government	67	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
84	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
85	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
86	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
87	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
88	The Government Fix	Code for America	Government	11	Simplecast	69
89	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	65	Simplecast	58
90	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
91	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	124	Buzzsprout	48
92	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
93	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	577	Podbean	32
94	Triple P Podcast	Ohio Fire Chief's Association	Government	47	Soundcloud	43
95	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
96	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
97	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	540	Libsyn	63
98	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
99	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
100	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	21	Buzzsprout	52

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