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 May 2026

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05/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 339

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:46:11

Top 5 authors

1. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Podbean (12 shows)

3. Omny Studio (11 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
4	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	50	Simplecast	79
5	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	40	Megaphone	48
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
11	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
12	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
13	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
14	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
17	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
18	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	15	Omny Studio	63
19	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
22	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
23	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
25	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
26	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
27	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
29	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
31	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
32	The Thin Line w/ Imran Ali	The Thin Line Podcast	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	22
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
35	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
36	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
37	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	252	Podetize	63
38	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
39	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
40	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
41	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
42	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
43	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
44	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
45	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
46	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
47	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
48	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
49	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
50	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
51	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	102	Buzzsprout	57
52	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
53	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
54	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
55	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
56	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
57	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
58	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
59	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
60	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
61	FedUp with Ron Speakman	Ron Speakman	Government	49	Podbean	53
62	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
63	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
64	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
65	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
66	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
67	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
68	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
69	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
70	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
71	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
72	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	47
73	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
74	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	25	Captivate	48
75	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
76	At The Mic With Keith Malinak	Keith Malinak	Government	145	Captivate	53
77	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
78	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
79	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
80	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
81	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
82	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	Justice Matters Podcast	justicematterspodcasteptx	Government	20	Podbean	48
84	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
85	The 80 Million Podcast	The 80 Million	Government	11	Substack	53
86	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	235	Libsyn	48
87	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	5	Unknown	52
88	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	469	Omny Studio	59
89	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	38
90	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
91	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	546	Libsyn	58
92	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
93	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
94	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	12	Megaphone	63
95	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
96	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	40	Podbean	37
97	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
98	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
99	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
100	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38

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