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 Jun 2026

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06/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 373

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:42:56

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. Colorado Public Radio (2 shows)

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

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
12	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
17	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
18	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
19	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
20	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
21	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
23	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
24	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
25	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
26	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
27	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
29	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
30	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
32	Who's Gonna Govern?	Colorado Public Radio	Government	39	PRX	54
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	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
35	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
36	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
37	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
38	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
40	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
41	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
42	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
43	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
44	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
45	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
46	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
47	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
48	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
49	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
50	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
51	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
52	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
53	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
54	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
55	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
56	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
57	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
58	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
59	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
60	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
61	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
62	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
64	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
65	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
66	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
67	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
68	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
69	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
70	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
71	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
72	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
73	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
74	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
75	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
76	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
77	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
78	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
79	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
80	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
81	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
82	Unintended Consequences	Cato Institute	Government	27	Acast	54
83	In the Making	Baratunde Thurston, Ashleigh Gardere, Michael McAfee	Government	9	Megaphone	43
84	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
85	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
86	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
87	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
88	Sentencing Practice Talk	United States Sentencing Commission	Government	27	Unknown	43
89	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
90	Medicaid Leadership Exchange	Center for Health Care Strategies and the National Association of Medicaid Directors	Government	28	Blubrry Podcasting	48
91	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
92	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
93	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
94	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
95	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
96	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
97	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
98	Red Lines	BBC Radio Ulster	Government	252	BBC	28
99	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
100	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49

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