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 sept. 2026

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09/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 367

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:49

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. Official FBI (2 shows)

3. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
4	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
10	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
11	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
13	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
14	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
18	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
19	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
22	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
23	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
24	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
25	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
27	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
32	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
33	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
35	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
36	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
37	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
38	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
39	The Government Fix	Code for America	Government	9	Simplecast	69
40	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
41	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	44	RSS.com	42
42	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
43	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
44	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
45	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
46	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
47	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
48	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
49	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
50	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
51	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
52	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
53	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
54	Power Plays	Podcaster	Government	78	Simplecast	48
55	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
56	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
57	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
58	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
59	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
60	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
61	The County Compass	Columbia County, GA	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	42
62	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
63	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
64	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
65	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
66	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	998	StreamGuys	38
67	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
68	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
69	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
70	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
71	CitiesSpeak With Clarence Anthony	National League of Cities	Government	86	Buzzsprout	42
72	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
73	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	128	Squarespace	63
74	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
75	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
76	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
77	All Source Podcast	INSA	Government	10	Buzzsprout	68
78	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
79	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
80	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
81	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
82	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
83	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
84	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
85	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
86	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
87	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
88	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
89	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	5	Unknown	53
90	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
91	The Power Hour	The Heritage Foundation	Government	31	Spreaker	59
92	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
93	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
94	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
95	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
96	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
98	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
99	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
100	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38

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