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 mai 2026

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05/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 361

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:42:01

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Official FBI (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (11 shows)

3. Unknown (9 shows)

4. Podbean (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
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	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
9	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
13	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
14	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
15	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
19	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
23	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
24	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
25	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
29	The Thin Line w/ Imran Ali	The Thin Line Podcast	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	22
30	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
31	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
32	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
33	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
34	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
35	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
36	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
37	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
38	10-41: A UCSO Podcast	Union County Sheriff’s Office, Monroe NC	Government	2	Podbean	68
39	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
40	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
41	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
42	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
43	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
44	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
45	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
46	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
47	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
48	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
49	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
50	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
51	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
52	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
53	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
54	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
55	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
56	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
57	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
58	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
59	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
60	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
61	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
62	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
63	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
64	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
65	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
66	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
67	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
68	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	87	Megaphone	38
69	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
70	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
71	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
72	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
73	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
74	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
75	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
76	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
77	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
78	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
79	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
80	Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)	Government	12	Buzzsprout	27
81	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
82	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
83	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
84	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
85	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	19	Buzzsprout	38
86	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
87	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
88	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
89	Pine State Politics: In Session	Natalie Emmerson and Larsen Van Horn	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	48
90	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
91	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
92	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
93	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
94	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
95	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
96	The 80 Million Podcast	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP	Government	8	Podbean	58
97	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
98	The Parliament	The Heritage Foundation	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	22
99	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
100	Air Force Handbook 1	Air Education and Training Command	Government & Organizations	107	Unknown	43

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