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 May 2026

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05/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 377

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:42:15

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

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

3. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

4. Official FBI (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (11 shows)

3. Unknown (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	50	Simplecast	79
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2771	Megaphone	38
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1974	Megaphone	53
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
9	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
13	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	39	Megaphone	48
14	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	157	Megaphone	48
15	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	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	33	Libsyn	38
19	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	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	140	Unknown	63
23	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
24	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
25	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
29	The Thin Line w/ Imran Ali	The Thin Line Podcast	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	22
30	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
31	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
32	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
33	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
34	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	276	Libsyn	58
35	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	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	168	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	153	Podetize	59
45	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1986	BBC	43
46	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	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	5	Unknown	52
50	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
51	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
52	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
53	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
54	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
55	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	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	211	Unknown	58
59	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	940	Buzzsprout	63
60	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
61	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	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	941	Megaphone	38
64	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	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	252	Podbean	42
68	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	93	Megaphone	38
69	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1119	Megaphone	48
70	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
71	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	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	216	Simplecast	59
75	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	72	Libsyn	63
76	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
77	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
78	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
79	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	833	Libsyn	27
80	Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)	Government	18	Buzzsprout	27
81	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1663	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	152	Unknown	49
85	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	21	Buzzsprout	52
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	579	Podbean	32
93	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	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	The 80 Million	Government	11	Substack	53
97	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
98	The Parliament	The Heritage Foundation	Government	11	Spreaker	59
99	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
100	Air Force Handbook 1	Air Education and Training Command	Government & Organizations	107	Unknown	43

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