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 Sep 2026

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09/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 385

Frequency: every 9 days

Duration: 00:42:54

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Unknown (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
5	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	50	Simplecast	79
6	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	40	Megaphone	48
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
10	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	252	Podetize	63
11	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
12	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
13	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
14	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1664	Unknown	43
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
18	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
19	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
20	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
21	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
22	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
24	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
25	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
26	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
27	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
28	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
29	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
30	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
35	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
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	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
38	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
39	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
40	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
41	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
42	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
43	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
44	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
45	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
46	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
47	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
48	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
49	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
50	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
51	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	40	Podbean	37
52	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
53	9/11 - Never Forget	DVIDS Hub	Government & Organizations	0	Unknown	28
54	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
55	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
56	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
57	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
58	Inside the Castle	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters	Government & Organizations	158	Unknown	38
59	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	22
60	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	243	StreamGuys	27
61	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	317	RSS.com	52
62	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
63	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	59	Buzzsprout	48
64	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
65	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
66	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
67	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
68	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
69	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
70	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
71	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
72	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
73	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	99	Podbean	43
74	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
75	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
76	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	21	Buzzsprout	68
77	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	382	Unknown	43
78	Power Plays	Podcaster	Government	79	Simplecast	48
79	Alabama's Fire Service	Alabama Association of Fire Chiefs	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	58
80	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	1017	StreamGuys	38
81	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
82	Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)	Government	18	Buzzsprout	27
83	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
84	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
85	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
86	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
87	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
88	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
89	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
90	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
91	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
92	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	27	Megaphone	48
93	The County Compass	Columbia County, GA	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	42
94	El Dorado Exposed with Edward Wilson	El Dorado Exposed	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	52
96	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
97	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
98	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	38
99	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
100	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39

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