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 May 2026

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05/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 334

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:45:01

Top 5 authors

1. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

2. The DSR Network (2 shows)

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

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Podbean (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
4	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
5	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
10	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
12	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
13	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
15	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
17	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
18	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
20	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
21	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
22	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
24	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
26	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
27	The Thin Line w/ Imran Ali	The Thin Line Podcast	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	22
28	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
29	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
31	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
33	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
34	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
35	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
36	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
37	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
38	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
39	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
40	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
41	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
42	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
43	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
44	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
45	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
46	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
47	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
48	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
49	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
50	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
51	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
52	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	313	Simplecast	73
53	FedUp with Ron Speakman	Ron Speakman	Government	49	Podbean	53
54	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
55	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
56	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
57	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
58	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
59	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
60	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
61	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
62	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
63	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
64	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
65	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
66	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
67	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
68	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
69	The 80 Million Podcast	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP	Government	8	Podbean	58
70	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
71	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
72	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
73	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
74	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
75	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
76	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
77	Justice Matters Podcast	justicematterspodcasteptx	Government	20	Podbean	48
78	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
79	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
80	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
81	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
82	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
83	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
84	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
85	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
86	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
87	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
88	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
89	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
90	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
91	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
92	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
93	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
94	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
95	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
96	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
97	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
98	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	The Open Agenda	QACTV	Government	2	N/A	N/A
100	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22

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