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 Apr 2026

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04/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 332

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:43:09

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (4 shows)

3. Official FBI (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Podbean (7 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
3	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
4	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	426	RedCircle	58
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1920	Megaphone	53
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
12	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
13	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
15	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
17	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
18	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
19	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	47	Omny Studio	69
22	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
24	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
25	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
26	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
27	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
28	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
31	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
33	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
34	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
35	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
36	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
37	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
38	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
39	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
40	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
41	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
42	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
43	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
44	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
45	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
46	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
47	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
48	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
49	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
50	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
51	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
52	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
53	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
54	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
55	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
56	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
57	Taiwan Frontlines: Taiwan in the Global Arena	The German Marshall Fund	Government	6	Simplecast	53
58	Off The Launch Truck	The Flightline	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	33
59	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
60	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
61	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
62	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
63	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
64	Flekaskil	Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir og Dagur B. Eggertsson	News	1	RSS.com	38
65	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
66	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
67	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
68	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
69	Pine State Politics: In Session	Natalie Emmerson and Larsen Van Horn	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
71	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
72	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
73	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
74	Countdown to Capture	Newport Beach Police Department	Government	8	Soundcloud	43
75	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
76	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
77	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
78	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
79	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
80	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
81	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
82	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
83	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
84	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
85	Pandora's Box: The Fall of L.A.'s Sheriff	LAT Studios, Los Angeles Times	Government	7	Simplecast	68
86	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
87	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
88	Texas Matters	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
89	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
90	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
91	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	75	Captivate	63
92	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
93	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
94	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
95	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1677	Unknown	43
96	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
97	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
98	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
99	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
100	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63

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