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 Jun 2026

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06/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 386

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:04

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Colorado Public Radio (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Unknown (9 shows)

3. Omny Studio (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 Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2774	Megaphone	38
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1976	Megaphone	53
9	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	39	Megaphone	48
10	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	50	Simplecast	79
11	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
13	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
14	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
18	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
19	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
20	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
21	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
22	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
23	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
24	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
27	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
32	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
35	Who's Gonna Govern?	Colorado Public Radio	Government	39	PRX	54
36	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
37	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
38	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
40	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
41	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
42	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
43	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
44	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
45	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
46	Peace is Power	Janessa Gans Wilder - Peacebuilder & Founder - Euphrates Institute	Society & Culture	3	Unknown	74
47	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
48	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
49	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	942	Megaphone	38
50	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
51	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
52	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
53	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
54	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	941	Buzzsprout	63
55	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
56	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
57	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	546	Libsyn	58
58	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
59	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
60	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
61	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
62	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
63	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	13	BBC	22
64	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	20	Buzzsprout	68
65	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
66	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
67	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
68	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
69	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
70	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
71	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
72	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
73	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
74	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
75	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	119	BBC	28
76	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
77	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
78	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
79	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
80	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
81	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
82	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
83	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
85	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	38
86	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
87	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
88	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
89	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
90	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	469	Omny Studio	59
91	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	Philip Teresi	KMJ	Government	100	Omny Studio	48
93	Short Walk Details temporarily unavailable	SDPB	Government	10	Unknown	33
94	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	417	Megaphone	49
95	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
96	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	102	Buzzsprout	57
97	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
98	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	243	StreamGuys	27
99	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
100	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	381	Unknown	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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