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: 383

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:44:34

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

3. Official FBI (2 shows)

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	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	102	Simplecast	32
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	50	Simplecast	79
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
10	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	252	Podetize	63
11	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
12	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
15	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	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	40	Megaphone	48
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
20	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	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	33	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	51	Omny Studio	52
26	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
27	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
28	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1664	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	277	Libsyn	58
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
33	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
35	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
36	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	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	374	Megaphone	43
39	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	40	Podbean	37
40	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
41	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
43	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
44	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	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	70	Unknown	27
48	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
49	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	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	238	Omny Studio	73
52	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
53	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
54	Power Plays	Podcaster	Government	79	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	165	Simplecast	52
57	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
58	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	1017	StreamGuys	38
59	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
60	The Government Fix	Code for America	Government	13	Simplecast	69
61	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	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	317	RSS.com	52
65	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	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	943	Megaphone	38
68	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	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	474	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	63	Libsyn	38
74	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
75	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
76	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
77	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	21	Buzzsprout	68
78	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
79	The Power Hour	The Heritage Foundation	Government	38	Spreaker	59
80	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
81	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	546	Libsyn	58
82	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
83	Congressional Dish Details temporarily unavailable	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
84	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
85	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	27	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	243	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	99	Megaphone	49
90	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	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	401	Soundcloud	53
95	The County Line	Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office	Government	0	Libsyn	58
96	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	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	66	Unknown	27
99	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
100	Administrative Remedies	Gwendolyn Savitz and Marc Roark	Government	45	RSS.com	78

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