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 Jul 2026

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07/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 383

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:46:20

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

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

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
6	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
7	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
11	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
12	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
13	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
17	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
18	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
25	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
27	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
29	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
30	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
31	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
32	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
35	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
37	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
38	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
39	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
40	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
41	Waxhaw Happenings: The Podcast	Town of Waxhaw, North Carolina	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	47
42	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
43	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
44	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
45	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
46	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
47	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
48	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
49	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
50	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
51	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
52	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
53	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
54	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
55	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
56	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
57	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
58	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
59	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
60	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
61	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
62	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
63	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
64	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
65	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
66	Wyoming Wildlife Podcast	Wyoming Game and Fish Department	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	22
67	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
68	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
69	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
70	The Asset	District Productive	Government	65	ART19	69
71	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
72	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
73	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
74	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
75	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
76	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
77	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
78	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
79	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
80	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	14	Substack	43
81	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
82	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
83	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
84	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
85	Brookline.News Podcast	Brookline Interactive Group	Government	20	Pinecast	58
86	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
87	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
88	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	292	Spreaker	49
89	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
90	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
91	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
92	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
93	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
94	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
95	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
96	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
97	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
98	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
99	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
100	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49

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