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 Oct 2026

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10/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 392

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:52:31

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (6 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. Cato Institute (2 shows)

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Unknown (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
4	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2747	Megaphone	38
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1958	Megaphone	53
9	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
10	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	36	Megaphone	48
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	386	Megaphone	53
12	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	46	Simplecast	79
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
15	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
16	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
17	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
19	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
20	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	918	RSS.com	42
23	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	273	Libsyn	58
25	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1111	Megaphone	48
26	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	From the Source with Wade Crowfoot	California Natural Resources Agency	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	32
30	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
31	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
32	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
33	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
34	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
35	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
36	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1981	BBC	43
37	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	4	Podbean	63
38	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	11	Megaphone	63
39	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
40	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	316	Megaphone	63
41	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
42	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	55	Simplecast	79
43	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
44	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
45	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
46	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	200	PRX	59
47	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
48	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
49	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
50	Power and Principle with Mark Lee Greenblatt	Federal News Network	Government	1	ART19	48
51	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	95	Megaphone	59
52	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
53	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	258	Acast	69
54	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
55	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
56	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	241	StreamGuys	27
57	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
58	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	934	Megaphone	38
59	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
60	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	678	Libsyn	58
61	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1655	Unknown	43
62	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	934	Buzzsprout	63
63	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
64	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
65	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
66	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
67	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	210	Unknown	58
68	California City News Podcast	CityNews	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	11
69	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	324	Simplecast	73
70	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
71	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	163	Megaphone	38
72	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
73	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
74	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
75	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	294	Spreaker	49
76	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
77	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
78	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
79	The Contracting Experience	Air Force Materiel Command	Government & Organizations	78	Unknown	42
80	Guardian Mindset Podcast	Attorney Eric Daigle	Government	51	Castos	38
81	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	728	Unknown	43
82	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
83	Bill Mick Podcast	Bill Mick	Government	11	RSS.com	52
84	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
85	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
86	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
87	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	91	Megaphone	38
88	Unintended Consequences	Cato Institute	Government	28	Acast	54
89	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	The Life of the Law	Government	185	Unknown	43
90	DIA Connections	Defense Intelligence Agency	Government & Organizations	43	Unknown	43
91	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
92	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
93	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	Government	203	Spotify for Podcasters	22
94	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
95	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
96	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
97	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
98	The FAR and Beyond	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	59	Unknown	48
99	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
100	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A

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