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 Apr 2026

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04/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 344

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:25

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Unknown (7 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
3	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
4	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
16	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
17	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
18	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
21	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
22	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
23	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
24	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
26	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
27	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
30	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
31	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
32	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
33	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
34	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
35	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
37	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
38	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
39	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
40	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
41	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
42	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
43	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
44	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
45	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
46	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
47	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
48	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
49	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
50	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
51	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
52	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
53	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
54	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
55	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
56	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
57	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
58	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
59	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
60	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
61	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
62	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
63	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
64	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
65	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
66	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
67	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
68	Off The Launch Truck	The Flightline	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	33
69	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
71	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
72	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
73	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	44	RSS.com	42
74	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	19	Buzzsprout	38
75	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
76	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
77	Pine State Politics: In Session	Natalie Emmerson and Larsen Van Horn	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	48
78	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
79	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
80	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
81	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
82	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
83	Taiwan Frontlines: Taiwan in the Global Arena	The German Marshall Fund	Government	6	Simplecast	53
84	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
85	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
86	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
87	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
88	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
89	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
90	Countdown to Capture	Newport Beach Police Department	Government	8	Soundcloud	43
91	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
92	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
93	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
94	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
95	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
96	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
97	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
98	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
99	Global Recon	John Hendricks	Government	192	Spotify for Podcasters	43
100	Texas Matters	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43

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