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 Jun 2026

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06/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 356

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:47

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

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

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
9	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
10	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
11	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
12	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
13	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
14	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
15	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
20	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
21	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
22	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
23	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
25	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
29	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
30	Who's Gonna Govern?	Colorado Public Radio	Government	39	PRX	54
31	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
32	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
35	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
36	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
37	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
41	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
42	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
43	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
44	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
45	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
46	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
47	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
48	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
49	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
50	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
51	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
52	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
53	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
54	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
56	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
57	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
58	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
59	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
60	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
61	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
62	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
63	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
64	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
65	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
66	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
67	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
68	Voices of Sustainability	Zayed Sustainability Prize	Government	17	Megaphone	53
69	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
70	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
71	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
72	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
73	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
74	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
75	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
76	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
77	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	54	Unknown	38
78	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
79	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
80	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
81	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
82	Dissed	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	42	Acast	64
83	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
84	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
85	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
86	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
87	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
88	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
89	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
90	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
91	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
92	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
93	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
94	The AHIMA HI-Five Policy Podcast	AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team	Government	16	Spotify for Podcasters	42
95	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
96	Simple Civics: Greenville County	Greater Good Greenville	Government	294	Transistor	63
97	Stories of Special Forces Operators	Circle Of Insight Productions	Government	219	Spreaker	43
98	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
99	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
100	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38

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