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 16 Apr 2026

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04/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 358

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:44:09

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	49	Simplecast	79
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
3	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
4	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	38	Megaphone	48
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
6	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
9	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
10	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
11	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
17	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
18	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
19	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
20	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
23	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
25	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
26	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
27	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
28	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
29	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
30	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
31	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
32	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
33	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
34	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
35	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
36	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
37	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
38	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
39	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
40	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
41	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
42	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
43	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
44	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
45	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
46	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
47	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
48	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
49	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
50	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
51	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
52	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	21	Buzzsprout	52
53	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
54	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
55	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
56	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
57	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1116	Megaphone	48
58	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
59	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
60	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
61	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
62	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
64	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
65	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
66	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
67	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
68	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
69	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
70	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
71	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
72	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
73	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
74	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
75	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
76	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
77	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
78	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
79	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
80	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
81	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
82	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
83	Texas Matters	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
84	Betting on America: Winning the Global Tech Race	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	40	Megaphone	38
85	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
86	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	316	RSS.com	52
87	Public Works Podcast	Joseph Blackman	Government	418	Spreaker	32
88	Off The Launch Truck	The Flightline	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	33
89	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
90	Pine State Politics: In Session	Natalie Emmerson and Larsen Van Horn	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	48
91	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	53	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
93	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
94	Countdown to Capture	Newport Beach Police Department	Government	8	Soundcloud	43
95	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
96	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
97	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
98	Strait Forward	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	42	Simplecast	68
99	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
100	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58

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