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 11 mars 2026

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03/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 368

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:33

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
8	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
9	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
10	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
13	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
14	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
16	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
17	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
18	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
19	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
21	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
23	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
24	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
25	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
26	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
27	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
28	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
29	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
31	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
32	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
33	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
34	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
35	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
36	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
37	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
38	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
39	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
40	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
41	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
42	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
43	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
44	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
45	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
46	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
47	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
48	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
49	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
50	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
51	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
52	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
53	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
54	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
55	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
56	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
57	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
58	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
59	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
60	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
61	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
62	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
63	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
64	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
66	Building Connections, The ULI Charlotte Podcast	Queen City Podcast Network	Government	11	Megaphone	38
67	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
68	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
69	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
70	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
71	Global Recon	John Hendricks	Government	192	Spotify for Podcasters	43
72	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
73	The Government Fix	Code for America	Government	9	Simplecast	69
74	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
75	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
76	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
77	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
78	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
79	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
80	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
81	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
82	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
83	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
84	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
85	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
86	AI Insurance	AI Insurance	Government	760	ART19	48
87	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
88	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
89	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
90	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	143	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
92	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
93	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
94	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
95	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
96	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	106	Megaphone	59
97	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
98	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
99	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
100	The Bozeman Brief	Mark Egge	Government	23	Unknown	53

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