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 Oct 2026

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10/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 385

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:53:16

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
3	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2747	Megaphone	38
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1958	Megaphone	53
8	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	36	Megaphone	48
11	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	46	Simplecast	79
12	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
13	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
14	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
15	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
16	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
17	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
18	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	386	Megaphone	53
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	918	RSS.com	42
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
22	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
24	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	316	Megaphone	63
25	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
26	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1981	BBC	43
27	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
28	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
30	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
32	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
33	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
34	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	200	PRX	59
35	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
36	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
37	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
38	Power and Principle with Mark Lee Greenblatt	Federal News Network	Government	1	ART19	48
39	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	273	Libsyn	58
40	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	4	Podbean	63
41	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
42	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1111	Megaphone	48
43	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
44	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	934	Buzzsprout	63
45	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
46	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	210	Unknown	58
47	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
48	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
49	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	55	Simplecast	79
50	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
51	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1655	Unknown	43
52	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
53	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
54	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
55	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	95	Megaphone	59
56	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
57	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
58	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	258	Acast	69
59	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
60	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
61	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
62	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
63	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
64	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
65	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
66	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	241	StreamGuys	27
67	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	294	Spreaker	49
68	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
69	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	Government	203	Spotify for Podcasters	22
70	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
71	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
72	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
73	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
74	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	934	Megaphone	38
75	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
76	California City News Podcast	CityNews	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	11
77	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
78	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	The Life of the Law	Government	185	Unknown	43
79	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
80	Squaring the Circle	Matthew Bigelow	Government	112	Acast	84
81	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
82	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	163	Megaphone	38
83	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
84	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
85	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
86	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	215	Simplecast	59
87	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
88	Unintended Consequences	Cato Institute	Government	28	Acast	54
89	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
90	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
91	Talking Charleston	City of Charleston, SC	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
92	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
93	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
94	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
95	Second Reading Podcast	Second Reading Podcast	Government	268	Unknown	38
96	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
97	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	168	Simplecast	48
98	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
99	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
100	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	380	Unknown	43

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