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 May 2026

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05/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 349

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:45:27

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. Official FBI (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Podbean (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	50	Simplecast	79
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	41	Megaphone	48
9	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
12	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
13	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	15	Omny Studio	63
14	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
20	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
21	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
22	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
23	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
25	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
26	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
29	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
31	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
32	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	252	Podetize	63
33	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
34	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
35	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
36	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
37	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
38	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
39	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
41	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
42	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
43	The Thin Line w/ Imran Ali	The Thin Line Podcast	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	22
44	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
45	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
46	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
47	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
48	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
49	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
50	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
51	Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)	Government	18	Buzzsprout	27
52	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
53	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
54	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
55	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	943	Buzzsprout	63
56	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
57	The 80 Million Podcast	The 80 Million	Government	11	Substack	53
58	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
59	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
60	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
61	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	102	Buzzsprout	57
62	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
63	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	944	Megaphone	38
64	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
65	FedUp with Ron Speakman	Ron Speakman	Government	49	Podbean	53
66	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
67	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
68	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
69	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
70	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
71	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
72	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
73	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
74	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
75	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
76	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
77	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
78	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
79	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
80	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
81	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	235	Libsyn	48
82	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
83	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
84	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
85	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
86	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	25	Captivate	48
87	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	546	Libsyn	58
88	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
89	The Parliament	The Heritage Foundation	Government	11	Spreaker	59
90	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
91	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	47
92	At The Mic With Keith Malinak	Keith Malinak	Government	145	Captivate	53
93	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	5	Unknown	52
94	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
95	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
96	Gov360	Chris Mann	Government	34	Podbean	73
97	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
98	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
99	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	417	Megaphone	49
100	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43

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