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 Jun 2026

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06/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 374

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:19

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

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

4. Colorado Public Radio (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 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	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
9	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
10	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
11	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
13	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
14	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
17	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
20	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
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	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
25	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
31	Who's Gonna Govern?	Colorado Public Radio	Government	39	PRX	54
32	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
35	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
36	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
37	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
38	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
39	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
40	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
41	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
42	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
43	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
44	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
45	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
46	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
47	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
48	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
49	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
50	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
51	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
52	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
53	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
54	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
55	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
56	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
57	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
58	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
59	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
61	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
62	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
63	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
64	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
65	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
66	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
67	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
68	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
69	Let’s Add It Up With Auditor Dave Boliek	NC Office of the State Auditor	Government	1	N/A	N/A
70	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
71	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
72	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
73	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
74	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
75	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
76	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
77	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
78	Voices of Sustainability	Zayed Sustainability Prize	Government	17	Megaphone	53
79	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	54	Unknown	38
80	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
81	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
82	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
83	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	52	Spotify for Podcasters	43
84	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
85	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
86	National Park Service Oral History	National Park Service Oral History	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
87	Today in Parliament	BBC Radio 4	Government	11	BBC	28
88	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
89	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
90	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
91	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
92	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
93	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
94	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
95	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
96	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
97	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
98	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
99	Simple Civics: Greenville County	Greater Good Greenville	Government	294	Transistor	63
100	The AHIMA HI-Five Policy Podcast	AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team	Government	16	Spotify for Podcasters	42

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