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 Oct 2026

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10/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 377

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:51:27

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

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

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Unknown (6 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
3	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2747	Megaphone	38
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	35	Megaphone	48
7	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
8	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1958	Megaphone	53
10	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
11	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
12	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	46	Simplecast	79
13	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	386	Megaphone	53
17	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
21	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
22	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	918	RSS.com	42
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
25	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	273	Libsyn	58
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
29	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
30	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1981	BBC	43
31	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
33	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1655	Unknown	43
34	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
35	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
37	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
38	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
39	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
40	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
41	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	200	PRX	59
42	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
43	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	241	StreamGuys	27
44	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	55	Simplecast	79
45	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	934	Buzzsprout	63
46	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	933	Megaphone	38
48	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
49	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	163	Megaphone	38
50	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	316	Megaphone	63
51	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
52	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
53	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
54	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
55	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	210	Unknown	58
56	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
57	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
58	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
59	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
60	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1111	Megaphone	48
61	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
62	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	4	Podbean	63
63	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
64	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	315	RSS.com	52
65	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	12	BBC	22
66	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
67	Talking Charleston	City of Charleston, SC	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
68	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	258	Acast	69
69	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	19	Buzzsprout	68
70	Power and Principle with Mark Lee Greenblatt	Federal News Network	Government	1	ART19	48
71	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
72	California City News Podcast	CityNews	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	11
73	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
74	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	324	Simplecast	73
75	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
76	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
77	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
78	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
79	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
80	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
81	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	95	Megaphone	59
82	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
83	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
84	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	106	Buzzsprout	63
85	Bill Mick Podcast	Bill Mick	Government	11	RSS.com	52
86	From the Source with Wade Crowfoot	California Natural Resources Agency	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	32
87	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
88	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
89	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	212	Megaphone	49
90	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
91	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	38
92	Pushing the Envelope Podcast	USPS OIG	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	27
93	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
94	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
95	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	380	Unknown	43
96	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
97	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	215	Simplecast	59
98	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	Government	203	Spotify for Podcasters	22
99	State Bar of Texas Podcast	Legal Talk Network	Government	235	Megaphone	48
100	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73

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