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 Oct 2026

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10/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 384

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:52:46

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (7 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
3	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2744	Megaphone	38
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1956	Megaphone	53
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	45	Simplecast	79
10	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	35	Megaphone	48
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	385	Megaphone	53
12	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
13	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
14	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
15	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
16	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
17	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	917	RSS.com	42
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
21	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
22	From the Source with Wade Crowfoot	California Natural Resources Agency	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	32
23	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
24	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
27	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1111	Megaphone	48
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	272	Libsyn	58
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
30	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	316	Megaphone	63
31	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1981	BBC	43
32	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
33	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
34	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
35	Not My Narrative	Straw Hut Media	Government	3	Megaphone	53
36	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
37	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
38	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	11	Megaphone	63
39	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
40	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
41	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
42	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
43	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
44	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	200	PRX	59
45	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
46	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
47	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	678	Libsyn	58
48	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	55	Simplecast	79
49	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
50	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	4	Podbean	63
51	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
52	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	933	Buzzsprout	63
53	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
54	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1654	Unknown	43
55	Second Reading Podcast	Second Reading Podcast	Government	267	Unknown	38
56	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
57	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
58	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	932	Megaphone	38
59	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
60	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	95	Megaphone	59
61	Power and Principle with Mark Lee Greenblatt	Federal News Network	Government	1	ART19	48
62	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
63	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
64	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	241	StreamGuys	27
65	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
66	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48
67	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	210	Unknown	58
68	California City News Podcast	CityNews	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	11
69	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	26	Simplecast	68
70	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	258	Acast	69
71	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
72	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	55	Megaphone	38
73	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
74	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	294	Spreaker	49
75	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	728	Unknown	43
76	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
77	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	323	Simplecast	73
78	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
79	Above Average Intelligence	The DSR Network	Government	50	Megaphone	38
80	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
81	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	168	Simplecast	48
82	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
83	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	162	Megaphone	38
84	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	The Life of the Law	Government	185	Unknown	43
85	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
86	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
87	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
88	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
89	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
90	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
91	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
92	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
93	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	91	Megaphone	38
94	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
95	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	314	RSS.com	52
96	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	346	Substack	48
97	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	240	Buzzsprout	83
98	The Capitol Forum	The Capitol Forum	Government	161	PRX	53
99	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	469	Omny Studio	59
100	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49

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