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 août 2026

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08/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 362

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:58

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

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

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Unknown (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
3	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
8	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
10	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
11	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
12	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
13	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
14	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
19	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
21	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
29	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
31	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
32	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
33	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
34	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
35	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
36	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
37	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
38	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
39	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
40	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
41	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
42	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
43	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
44	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
45	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
46	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
47	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
48	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
49	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
50	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
51	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
52	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
53	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
54	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
55	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
56	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
57	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
58	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
59	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
60	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
61	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
62	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
63	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
64	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
65	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
66	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
67	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
68	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
69	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
70	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
71	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
72	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
73	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
74	The Children's Law Podcast	True North Child Advocates	Government	74	Audioboom	27
75	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
76	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
77	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
78	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
79	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
80	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
81	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
82	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
83	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
84	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
85	In The Tank	The Heartland Institute	Government	193	Transistor	63
86	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
87	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
88	Future of Conservation	NCTC Podcasts	Science & Natural Sciences	13	Unknown	49
89	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
90	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
91	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
92	Inside the Business of Government	cdolgas	Government	1	Podbean	52
93	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	52	Spotify for Podcasters	43
94	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
95	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
96	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
97	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
98	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
99	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
100	Space Strategy	Space Pod	Government	62	Spotify for Podcasters	43

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