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 13 Mar 2026

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03/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 389

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:45:20

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Official FBI (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2774	Megaphone	38
8	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1976	Megaphone	53
10	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	15	Omny Studio	63
11	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
13	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
14	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
16	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
17	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
20	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
23	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
24	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
26	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
27	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
28	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
29	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
30	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
35	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	118	Megaphone	59
36	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
37	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
38	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
39	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	941	Buzzsprout	63
40	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
41	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
42	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	102	Buzzsprout	57
43	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
44	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
45	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
46	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
47	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
48	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
49	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
50	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
51	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
52	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
53	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
54	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
55	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
56	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
57	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	942	Megaphone	38
58	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
59	Global Recon	John Hendricks	Government	192	Spotify for Podcasters	43
60	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
61	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
62	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	25	Captivate	48
63	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
64	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
65	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
66	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
67	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
68	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
69	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
70	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	546	Libsyn	58
71	Both Sides of the Aisle	Utah Public Radio	Government	157	Unknown	49
72	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
73	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
74	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
75	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
76	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
77	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
78	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
79	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
80	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
81	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
82	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
83	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
84	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
85	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
87	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
88	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
89	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
90	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
91	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
92	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	60	Megaphone	38
93	This Means War	Peter Roberts	Government	98	Libsyn	58
94	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
95	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
96	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
97	Europe Inside Out	Carnegie Europe	Government	47	Simplecast	73
98	The Bozeman Brief	Mark Egge	Government	23	Unknown	53
99	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
100	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38

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