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 sept. 2026

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09/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 368

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 00:42:40

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
9	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
11	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
12	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
15	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
20	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
22	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
23	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
25	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
26	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
27	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
33	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
35	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
36	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
37	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
38	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
39	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
40	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
41	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
42	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
43	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
44	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
45	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
46	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
47	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
48	9/11 - Never Forget	DVIDS Hub	Government & Organizations	0	Unknown	28
49	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
50	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
51	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
52	Alabama's Fire Service	Alabama Association of Fire Chiefs	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	58
53	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
54	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
55	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
56	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
57	Inside the Castle	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters	Government & Organizations	158	Unknown	38
58	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
59	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
60	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
61	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
62	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
63	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
64	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
65	The County Compass	Columbia County, GA	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	42
66	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
67	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
68	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
69	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
70	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
71	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
72	Power Plays	Podcaster	Government	78	Simplecast	48
73	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
74	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
75	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	998	StreamGuys	38
76	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
78	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
79	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
80	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
81	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
82	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
83	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
84	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
85	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
86	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
87	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
88	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
89	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
90	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
91	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
92	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
93	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
94	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
95	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
96	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	68	Podbean	43
97	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
98	The Government Fix	Code for America	Government	9	Simplecast	69
99	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
100	The FAR and Beyond	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	48

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