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 avr. 2026

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04/10/2026

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Episodes: 352

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:05

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
3	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
11	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
13	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
17	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
18	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
19	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
20	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
22	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
23	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
24	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
25	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
26	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
29	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
30	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
31	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
32	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
33	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
34	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
35	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
36	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
37	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
38	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
39	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
40	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
41	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
42	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
43	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
44	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
45	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
46	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	29	Simplecast	58
47	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
48	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
49	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
50	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
51	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
52	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
53	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
54	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
55	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
56	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
57	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
58	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
59	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
60	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
61	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
62	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
63	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
64	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
65	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
66	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
67	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
68	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
69	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
70	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
71	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
72	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
73	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
74	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
75	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
76	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
77	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
78	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	9	Unknown	38
79	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
80	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
81	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
82	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
83	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
84	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
85	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
86	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
87	Public Works Podcast	Joseph Blackman	Government	418	Spreaker	32
88	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
89	Pandora's Box: The Fall of L.A.'s Sheriff	LAT Studios, Los Angeles Times	Government	7	Simplecast	68
90	Pine State Politics: In Session	Natalie Emmerson and Larsen Van Horn	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	48
91	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
92	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
93	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
94	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
95	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
96	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
97	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
98	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
99	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	193	Transistor	63
100	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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