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 14 Mar 2026

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03/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 361

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:44:46

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (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	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
10	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
12	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
13	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
14	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
17	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
23	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
24	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
25	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
26	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
27	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
28	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
29	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
30	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
31	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
32	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
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	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
35	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
36	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	106	Megaphone	59
37	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
38	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
39	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
40	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
41	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
42	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
43	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
44	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
45	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
46	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
47	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
48	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
49	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
50	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
51	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
52	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
53	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
54	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
55	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
56	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
57	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
58	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
59	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
60	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
61	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
62	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
63	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
64	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
65	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
66	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
67	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
68	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
69	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
70	Global Recon	John Hendricks	Government	192	Spotify for Podcasters	43
71	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
72	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
73	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
74	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
75	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
76	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
77	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
78	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
79	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
80	AIRWaves	NAVAIR	Government	94	Soundcloud	49
81	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
82	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
83	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
84	Question Time	BBC Sounds	Government	95	BBC	28
85	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
86	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
87	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
88	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
89	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
90	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
92	Six One Forward	Betsy Goldstein	Government	12	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
94	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
95	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
96	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
97	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
98	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
99	Pantsuits and Lawsuits with Attorneys General Kris Mayes and Dana Nessel	Attorneys General Kris Mayes & Dana Nessel	Government	23	Buzzsprout	68
100	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38

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