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 10 Mar 2026

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03/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 400

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:20

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

4. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
8	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
9	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	15	Omny Studio	63
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
12	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
15	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	252	Podetize	63
16	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
17	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
18	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
22	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
23	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
24	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
26	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
30	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
31	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
32	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
35	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
36	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
37	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
38	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
39	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
40	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
41	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
42	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
43	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
44	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
45	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
46	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	102	Buzzsprout	57
47	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
48	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
49	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
50	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
51	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
52	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
53	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
54	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
55	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
56	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
57	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
58	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
59	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
60	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
61	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
62	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
63	Global Recon	John Hendricks	Government	192	Spotify for Podcasters	43
64	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
65	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
66	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
67	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
68	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
69	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
70	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
71	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	417	Megaphone	49
72	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
73	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
74	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
75	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
76	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
77	Around the Roundhouse	The Santa Fe New Mexican	Government	85	Omny Studio	68
78	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
79	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
80	AI Insurance	AI Insurance	Government	775	ART19	48
81	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
82	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
83	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
84	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
85	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
86	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
87	Congressional Dish Details temporarily unavailable	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
88	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
89	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
90	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	61	Megaphone	38
91	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
92	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
93	Live From America with Jeremy Herrell	Jeremy Herrell	Government	2147	RSS.com	32
94	The HaltingWinter Podcast	Seth Winterhalter	Government	358	Libsyn	48
95	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
96	Your Mountain	David Willms, Mike McGrady and Nephi Cole	Sports	221	Libsyn	53
97	Old Government Guys	Rapid Point Studio	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	53
98	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
99	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
100	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	47

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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