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 Sep 2026

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09/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 369

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:44:29

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. Official FBI (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
10	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
11	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
15	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
20	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
23	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
24	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
25	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
26	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
27	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
28	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
29	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
33	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
35	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
36	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
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 Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
39	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
40	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
41	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
43	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
44	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
45	The County Compass	Columbia County, GA	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	42
46	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
47	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
48	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
49	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
50	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
51	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
52	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
53	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
54	Power Plays	Podcaster	Government	78	Simplecast	48
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	164	Simplecast	52
57	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
58	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	998	StreamGuys	38
59	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
60	The Government Fix	Code for America	Government	9	Simplecast	69
61	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
62	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
63	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
64	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
65	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
66	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
67	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
68	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
69	CitiesSpeak With Clarence Anthony	National League of Cities	Government	86	Buzzsprout	42
70	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
71	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
72	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
73	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
74	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
75	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
76	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
77	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
78	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
79	The Power Hour	The Heritage Foundation	Government	31	Spreaker	59
80	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
81	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
82	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
83	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
84	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
85	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
86	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
87	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	236	StreamGuys	27
88	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
89	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
90	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
91	Let’s Talk - Lozano Smith Podcast	Lozano Smith	Government	100	Blubrry	42
92	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
93	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
94	Resources Radio	Resources for the Future	Government	394	Soundcloud	53
95	The County Line	Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office	Government	0	Libsyn	58
96	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
97	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
98	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
99	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
100	Administrative Remedies	Gwendolyn Savitz and Marc Roark	Government	39	RSS.com	68

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