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 Sep 2026

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09/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 368

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:38

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Unknown (11 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
7	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
8	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
10	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
11	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
12	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
13	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
18	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
19	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
24	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
25	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
26	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
27	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
30	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
31	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
33	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
34	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
35	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
36	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
37	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
38	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
39	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
40	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
41	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
42	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
43	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
44	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
45	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
46	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
47	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
48	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
49	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
50	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
51	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
52	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
53	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
54	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
55	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
56	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
57	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
58	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
59	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
60	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
61	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
62	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
63	9/11 - Never Forget	DVIDS Hub	Government & Organizations	0	Unknown	28
64	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
65	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
66	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
67	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
68	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
69	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
70	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
71	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
72	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	68	Podbean	43
73	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
74	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
75	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
76	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
77	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
78	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
79	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
80	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	128	Squarespace	63
81	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
82	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
83	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
84	Inside the Castle	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters	Government & Organizations	158	Unknown	38
85	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	313	Simplecast	73
86	Thinking Inside the Box - The Gauntlet	Fort Irwin Operations Group	Government & Organizations	40	Unknown	42
87	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
88	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
89	El Dorado Exposed with Edward Wilson	El Dorado Exposed	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	52
90	Texas Matters	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
91	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
92	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
93	"Project 2025 Read by Douglas Wayne Ricketts"	Douglas Ricketts	Government	33	RSS.com	47
94	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
95	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	998	StreamGuys	38
96	プチ鹿島赤坂タイムス	TBS RADIO	Government	119	Megaphone	43
97	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
98	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
99	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	14	Substack	43
100	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32

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