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 15 Mar 2026

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03/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 367

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:53

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. The DSR Network (3 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	437	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2675	Megaphone	38
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1910	Megaphone	53
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
9	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
10	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
11	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
12	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
17	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
20	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	904	RSS.com	42
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
27	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
28	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	914	Buzzsprout	63
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
30	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
31	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
32	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
33	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
34	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
35	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
36	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
37	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
38	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
39	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
40	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
41	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	369	Megaphone	43
42	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
43	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
44	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
45	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	315	Simplecast	73
46	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
47	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
48	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
49	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
50	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	909	Megaphone	38
51	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	106	Megaphone	59
52	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
53	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1967	BBC	43
54	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
55	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
56	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	306	Megaphone	63
57	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
58	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
59	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
60	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
61	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
62	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
63	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
64	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
65	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
66	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
67	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	51	Megaphone	38
68	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
69	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
70	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
71	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
72	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
73	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
74	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
75	Global Recon	John Hendricks	Government	192	Spotify for Podcasters	43
76	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
77	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
78	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
79	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
80	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
81	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
82	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
83	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
84	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
85	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
86	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
87	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
88	AIRWaves Podcast	NAVAIR	Government	97	Soundcloud	38
89	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
90	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
91	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
92	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
93	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
94	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	100	Buzzsprout	57
95	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
96	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
97	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
98	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	91	Megaphone	59
99	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
100	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	Government	197	Soundcloud	38

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