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 Aug 2026

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08/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 339

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:14

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (6 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
3	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
10	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
11	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	36	Simplecast	79
12	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
13	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
16	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
22	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
24	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
25	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
26	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
29	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
30	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
31	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
32	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
35	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
36	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
37	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
38	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
39	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
40	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
41	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
42	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	913	Buzzsprout	63
43	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
44	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
45	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
46	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
47	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
48	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
49	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
50	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	53	Spotify for Podcasters	38
51	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
52	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
53	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
54	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
55	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
56	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
57	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
58	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
59	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	908	Megaphone	38
60	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
61	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	87	Megaphone	38
62	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
63	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
64	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
65	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
66	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
67	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
68	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
69	Future of Conservation	NCTC Podcasts	Science & Natural Sciences	13	Unknown	49
70	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
71	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
72	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
73	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
74	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
75	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	45	Audioboom	58
76	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
77	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
78	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
80	Santa Clarita Voices	City of Santa Clarita	Government	11	Buzzsprout	68
81	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
82	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
83	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
84	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	106	Megaphone	59
85	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
86	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
87	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	14	Substack	43
88	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	68	Podbean	43
89	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
90	This Means War	Peter Roberts	Government	96	Libsyn	58
91	DSR: Politics and Law	The DSR Network	Government	33	Megaphone	43
92	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
93	Patriot Truth Podcast	America Talk Network	Government	37	Libsyn	38
94	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
95	DSR: Foreign Policy and National Security	The DSR Network	Government	43	Megaphone	32
96	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
97	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
98	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
99	North Dakota Outdoors Podcast	North Dakota Game and Fish Department	Government	106	Simplecast	42
100	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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