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 12 Mar 2026

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03/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 353

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:19

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Unknown (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	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	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
10	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
13	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
16	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
18	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
22	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
23	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
27	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
28	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
29	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
31	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
32	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
33	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
34	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
35	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
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	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
38	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
39	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
40	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
41	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
42	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
43	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
44	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
45	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
46	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
47	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
48	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
49	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
50	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
51	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
52	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
53	Global Recon	John Hendricks	Government	192	Spotify for Podcasters	43
54	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
55	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
56	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
57	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
58	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
59	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
60	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
61	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
62	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
63	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
64	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
65	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
66	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
67	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
68	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
69	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
70	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
71	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
72	Future of Conservation	NCTC Podcasts	Science & Natural Sciences	13	Unknown	49
73	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
74	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
75	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
76	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
77	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
78	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
79	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
80	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
81	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
82	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
83	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
84	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
85	The Propaganda Factory	MTCSTW	Government	52	RSS.com	53
86	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
87	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
88	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
89	The Bozeman Brief	Mark Egge	Government	23	Unknown	53
90	Albany County Direct	Albany County Executive Daniel P. McCoy	Government	25	RSS.com	58
91	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
92	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
93	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
94	The Government Fix	Code for America	Government	9	Simplecast	69
95	Building Connections, The ULI Charlotte Podcast	Queen City Podcast Network	Government	11	Megaphone	38
96	Legal Regards with Oliver Roberts	Oliver Roberts (The National Law Review)	Government	5	Buzzsprout	68
97	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
98	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
99	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
100	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	292	Spreaker	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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