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 sept. 2026

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09/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 372

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:27

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (6 shows)

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

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

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Unknown (8 shows)

3. Libsyn (7 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
7	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	36	Simplecast	79
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
9	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
12	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
13	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
15	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
16	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
17	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
18	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
20	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
22	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
25	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
26	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
27	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
28	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
31	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
33	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
34	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
35	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
36	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
37	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
38	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
39	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	913	Buzzsprout	63
40	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
41	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
42	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
43	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
44	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
45	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
46	Alabama's Fire Service	Alabama Association of Fire Chiefs	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	58
47	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
48	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
49	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
50	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
51	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
52	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	908	Megaphone	38
53	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
54	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
55	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
56	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	87	Megaphone	38
57	Inside the Castle	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters	Government & Organizations	158	Unknown	38
58	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
59	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	236	StreamGuys	27
60	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
61	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
62	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
63	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
64	Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)	Government	12	Buzzsprout	27
65	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
66	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	51	Megaphone	38
67	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
68	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
69	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
70	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
71	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
72	USAREUR-AF News Brief	U.S. Army Europe and Africa	Government	70	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
74	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
75	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
76	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
77	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
78	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
79	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
80	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
81	9/11 - Never Forget	DVIDS Hub	Government & Organizations	0	Unknown	28
82	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
83	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
84	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
85	The Emergency Management Network Podcast	Todd T. De Voe	Government	412	Substack	42
86	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
87	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
88	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
89	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
90	Экономика на слух	РЭШ	Government	243	mave	89
91	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
92	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
93	El Dorado Exposed with Edward Wilson	El Dorado Exposed	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	52
94	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
95	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
96	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
97	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
98	English Communication Podcast	Sunita Rawat	Business	26	Buzzsprout	47
99	The Power Hour	The Heritage Foundation	Government	31	Spreaker	59
100	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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