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 Oct 2026

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10/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 387

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:53:14

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

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

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	442	Audioboom	63
3	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	100	Simplecast	32
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2732	Megaphone	38
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	34	Megaphone	48
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	332	RedCircle	58
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1948	Megaphone	53
11	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	44	Simplecast	79
12	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	236	Omny Studio	73
13	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
14	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	90	Spreaker	54
15	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	48	Omny Studio	52
16	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
17	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	384	Megaphone	53
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	916	RSS.com	42
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
22	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	254	Simplecast	73
24	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	471	Megaphone	49
25	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	152	Megaphone	48
26	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	314	Megaphone	63
27	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	271	Libsyn	58
28	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1979	BBC	43
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
31	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	200	PRX	59
32	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
33	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1650	Unknown	43
34	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
35	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
36	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
37	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
38	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
39	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	210	Unknown	58
40	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	931	Buzzsprout	63
41	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
42	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
43	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
44	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
45	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	313	Megaphone	63
46	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	55	Megaphone	38
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	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
49	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	929	Megaphone	38
50	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	43
51	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1107	Megaphone	48
52	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	54	Simplecast	79
53	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	162	Megaphone	38
54	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
55	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
56	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	240	StreamGuys	27
57	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
58	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
59	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
60	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
61	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	203	Megaphone	53
62	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	294	Spreaker	49
63	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
64	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
65	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
66	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	68	Substack	43
67	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
68	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
69	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
70	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
71	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	257	Acast	69
72	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	12	BBC	22
73	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
74	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
75	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
76	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
77	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	313	RSS.com	52
78	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
79	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
80	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
81	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	Government	203	Spotify for Podcasters	22
82	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	18	Buzzsprout	68
83	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	727	Unknown	43
84	Bill Mick Podcast	Bill Mick	Government	11	RSS.com	52
85	Fronteras	Texas Public Radio	Government	39	Unknown	38
86	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	233	Libsyn	48
87	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	829	Libsyn	27
88	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	4	Podbean	63
89	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	240	Buzzsprout	83
90	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	132	Squarespace	63
91	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
92	Power and Principle with Mark Lee Greenblatt	Federal News Network	Government	1	ART19	48
93	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	12	Omny Studio	53
94	Экономика на слух	РЭШ	Government	245	mave	89
95	Talking Charleston	City of Charleston, SC	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
96	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
97	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
98	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
99	California City News Podcast	CityNews	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	11
100	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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