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 Jun 2026

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06/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 395

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:58

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

3. Colorado Public Radio (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Unknown (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
2	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1958	Megaphone	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2747	Megaphone	38
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	477	Podbean	68
9	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	46	Simplecast	79
10	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	36	Megaphone	48
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
12	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
13	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
14	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
15	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
16	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
17	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
19	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
20	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	316	Megaphone	63
21	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	273	Libsyn	58
23	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	386	Megaphone	53
24	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	457	Megaphone	58
25	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
26	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
27	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
28	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	918	RSS.com	42
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
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	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
35	Who's Gonna Govern?	Colorado Public Radio	Government	39	PRX	54
36	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	200	PRX	59
37	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
38	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1981	BBC	43
40	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
41	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
42	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
43	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
44	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
45	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
46	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	934	Megaphone	38
47	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	934	Buzzsprout	63
48	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
49	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
50	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
51	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	324	Simplecast	73
52	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	258	Acast	69
53	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
54	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	210	Unknown	58
55	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
56	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
57	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	19	Buzzsprout	68
58	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
59	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
60	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	163	Megaphone	38
61	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	215	Simplecast	59
62	Philip Teresi	KMJ	Government	100	Omny Studio	48
63	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
64	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
65	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
66	Peace is Power	Janessa Gans Wilder - Peacebuilder & Founder - Euphrates Institute	Society & Culture	3	Unknown	74
67	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
68	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
69	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
70	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	315	RSS.com	52
71	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
72	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	540	Libsyn	63
73	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
74	The Merge	The Merge	Government	67	Spotify for Podcasters	38
75	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
76	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
77	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	13	BBC	22
78	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
79	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	380	Unknown	43
80	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
81	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	241	StreamGuys	27
82	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
83	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1111	Megaphone	48
84	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
85	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
86	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
87	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
88	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
89	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
90	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	577	Podbean	32
91	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
92	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
93	Ray Appleton	KMJ Now \| Cumulus Media Fresno	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
94	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	95	Megaphone	59
95	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	750	Libsyn	37
96	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
97	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
98	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	5	Unknown	52
99	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
100	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	469	Omny Studio	59

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