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 Jul 2026

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07/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 384

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:50

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. Pacific Legal Foundation (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Acast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
6	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
7	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
12	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
15	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
22	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
23	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
28	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
30	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
31	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
34	Waxhaw Happenings: The Podcast	Town of Waxhaw, North Carolina	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	47
35	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
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	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
38	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
39	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
40	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
41	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
42	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
43	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
44	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
45	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
46	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
47	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
48	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
49	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
50	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
51	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
52	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
53	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
54	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
55	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
56	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
57	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
58	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
59	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
60	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
61	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
62	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
63	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
64	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
65	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
66	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
67	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	14	Substack	43
68	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
69	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
70	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
71	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
72	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
73	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
74	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
75	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
76	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
77	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
78	Dissed	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	42	Acast	64
79	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
80	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
81	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	721	Captivate	53
82	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
83	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
84	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
85	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
86	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
87	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
88	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	10	Simplecast	63
89	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
90	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
91	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
92	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Government & Organizations	46	Podbean	37
93	The LOWDOWN	187th Fighter Wing	Government & Organizations	36	Unknown	48
94	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
95	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
97	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
98	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
99	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
100	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	292	Spreaker	49

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