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 Jul 2026

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07/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 394

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:16

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Unknown (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1976	Megaphone	53
7	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
8	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	39	Megaphone	48
9	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
10	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2774	Megaphone	38
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
12	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	50	Simplecast	79
13	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
17	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
22	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
30	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
31	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
32	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
33	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
34	Waxhaw Happenings: The Podcast	Town of Waxhaw, North Carolina	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	47
35	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
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	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
40	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
41	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
42	Wyoming Wildlife Podcast	Wyoming Game and Fish Department	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	22
43	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
44	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
45	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
46	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
47	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	119	BBC	28
48	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	941	Buzzsprout	63
49	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
50	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
51	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
52	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	38
53	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
54	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
55	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
56	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
57	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
58	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
59	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	942	Megaphone	38
60	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
61	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
62	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
63	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
64	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
65	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
66	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
67	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
68	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	21	Substack	53
69	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
70	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
71	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
72	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
73	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
74	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	546	Libsyn	58
75	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	25	Captivate	48
77	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
78	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	381	Unknown	43
79	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
80	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
81	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
82	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
83	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
84	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
85	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
86	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
87	Fixing Broke: Consumer Bankruptcy Diary	ConsiderChapter13.org	Government	14	Spotify for Podcasters	33
88	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
89	In the Making	Baratunde Thurston, Ashleigh Gardere, Michael McAfee	Government	9	Megaphone	43
90	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
91	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
92	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
93	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
94	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	730	Captivate	53
96	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	40	Podbean	37
97	The Government Fix	Code for America	Government	13	Simplecast	69
98	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
99	The LOWDOWN	187th Fighter Wing	Government & Organizations	47	Unknown	48
100	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38

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