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 Jul 2026

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07/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 373

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:42:30

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Unknown (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Acast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
8	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
9	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
13	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
17	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
18	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
19	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
20	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
21	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
22	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
24	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
26	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
27	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
28	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
29	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
31	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
32	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
33	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
34	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
35	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
36	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
37	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
38	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
39	Waxhaw Happenings: The Podcast	Town of Waxhaw, North Carolina	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	47
40	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
41	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
42	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
43	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
44	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
45	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
46	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
47	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
48	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
49	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
50	Wyoming Wildlife Podcast	Wyoming Game and Fish Department	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	22
51	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
52	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
53	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
54	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
55	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
56	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
57	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
58	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
59	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
60	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
61	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
62	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
63	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
64	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
65	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
66	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
67	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
68	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
69	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
70	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
71	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
72	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
73	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	14	Substack	43
74	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
75	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
76	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
77	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
78	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
79	Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life	PolicyLink	Government	14	Omny Studio	58
80	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
81	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
82	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
83	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
84	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
85	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
86	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
87	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
88	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
89	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
90	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
91	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	193	Transistor	63
92	The Perfunctory Podcast	Mike Zalewski	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	22
93	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
94	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
95	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
96	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	721	Captivate	53
97	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
98	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
99	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
100	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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