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 mai 2026

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05/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 379

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:42:09

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

3. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Podbean (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	36	Simplecast	79
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
10	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
17	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
18	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
23	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
24	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
26	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
27	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
30	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
31	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
32	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
35	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
36	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
37	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
38	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
39	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
40	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	96	Megaphone	49
41	The Thin Line w/ Imran Ali	The Thin Line Podcast	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	22
42	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
43	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
44	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
45	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
46	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
47	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
48	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
49	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
50	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
51	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
52	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
53	10-41: A UCSO Podcast	Union County Sheriff’s Office, Monroe NC	Government	2	Podbean	68
54	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
55	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
56	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
57	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
58	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
59	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
60	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
61	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	913	Buzzsprout	63
62	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
63	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
64	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
65	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
66	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	908	Megaphone	38
67	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
68	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
69	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
70	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
71	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
72	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
73	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
74	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
75	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
76	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
77	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
78	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
79	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
80	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
81	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
82	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	87	Megaphone	38
83	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
84	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	236	StreamGuys	27
85	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
86	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
87	Never Contemplated	The Florida Bar	Government	29	RedCircle	53
88	The 80 Million Podcast	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP	Government	8	Podbean	58
89	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
90	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
91	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
92	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
93	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
94	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
95	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	193	Transistor	63
96	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
97	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
98	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
99	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
100	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49

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