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 août 2026

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08/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 356

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:23

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
11	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
12	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
14	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
16	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
20	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
21	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
22	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
23	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
24	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
25	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
28	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
29	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
30	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
31	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
32	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
34	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
35	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
36	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
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	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
39	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
41	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
42	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
43	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
44	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
45	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
46	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
47	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
48	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
49	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
50	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
51	Santa Clarita Voices	City of Santa Clarita	Government	11	Buzzsprout	68
52	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
53	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
54	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
55	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
56	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
57	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
58	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
59	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
60	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
61	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
62	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
63	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
64	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
65	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
66	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
67	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
68	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	82	Libsyn	63
69	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
70	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
71	Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life	PolicyLink	Government	14	Omny Studio	58
72	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
73	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
74	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
75	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
76	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
77	Compass Points	Scott Barker	Government	230	Libsyn	68
78	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
79	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
80	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
81	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
82	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
83	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	52	Spotify for Podcasters	43
84	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
85	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
86	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
87	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
88	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
89	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
90	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	193	Transistor	63
91	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
92	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
93	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
94	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
95	Case By Case: A Legal Podcast	Klare Marie Essad	Government	40	Libsyn	47
96	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	14	Substack	43
97	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
98	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
99	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
100	In The Tank	The Heartland Institute	Government	193	Transistor	63

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