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.

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04/12/2026

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Episodes: 329

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:05

Top 5 authors

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

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
2	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
3	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
4	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
10	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
13	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
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	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
19	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
20	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
22	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
24	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
25	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
27	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
28	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
29	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
30	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
31	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
32	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
33	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
34	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
35	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
36	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
37	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
38	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
39	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
40	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
41	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
42	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
43	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
44	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
45	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
46	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
47	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
48	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
49	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
50	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
51	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
52	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
53	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
54	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
55	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
56	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
57	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
58	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
59	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
60	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
61	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
62	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
63	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
64	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
65	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
66	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
67	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
68	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
69	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
70	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
71	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
72	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
73	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
74	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
75	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
76	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
77	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
78	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
79	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
80	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
81	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
82	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
83	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
84	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
85	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	ASIAL Security Insider	Australian Security Industry Association Limited	Government	158	Blubrry	49
87	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
88	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
89	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
90	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
91	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
92	Taiwan Frontlines: Taiwan in the Global Arena	The German Marshall Fund	Government	6	Simplecast	53
93	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
94	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
95	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
96	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
97	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
98	プチ鹿島赤坂タイムス	TBS RADIO	Government	119	Megaphone	43
99	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
100	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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