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 juil. 2026

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07/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 384

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:42:09

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Unknown (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Podbean (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	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
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 Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
20	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
21	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
23	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
27	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
28	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
29	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
30	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
32	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
33	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
34	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
35	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
36	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
37	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
38	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
39	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
40	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
41	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
42	Waxhaw Happenings: The Podcast	Town of Waxhaw, North Carolina	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	47
43	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
44	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
45	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
46	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
47	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
48	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
49	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
50	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
51	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
52	Wyoming Wildlife Podcast	Wyoming Game and Fish Department	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	22
53	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
54	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
55	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
56	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
57	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
58	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
59	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
61	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
62	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
63	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
64	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
65	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
66	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
67	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
68	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
69	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
70	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
71	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
72	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
73	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
74	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
75	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
76	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
77	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
78	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
79	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	14	Substack	43
80	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
81	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
82	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
83	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
84	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
85	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
86	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
87	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
88	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
89	Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life	PolicyLink	Government	14	Omny Studio	58
90	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
91	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
92	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
93	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
94	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
95	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
96	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
97	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
98	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
99	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
100	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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