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 juin 2026

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06/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 385

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:12

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. Official FBI (2 shows)

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

5. Colorado Public Radio (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
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	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
9	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
10	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
11	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
14	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
15	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
16	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
17	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
19	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
22	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
23	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
24	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
25	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
27	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
30	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
31	Who's Gonna Govern?	Colorado Public Radio	Government	39	PRX	54
32	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
33	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
34	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
35	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
36	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
38	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
39	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
41	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
42	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
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	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
45	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
46	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
47	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
48	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
49	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
50	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
51	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
52	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
53	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
54	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
55	Peace is Power	Janessa Gans Wilder - Peacebuilder & Founder - Euphrates Institute	Society & Culture	3	Unknown	74
56	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
57	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
58	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
59	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
60	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
61	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
62	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
63	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
64	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
65	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
66	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
67	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
68	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
70	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
71	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
72	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
73	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
74	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
75	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
76	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
77	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
78	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
79	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
80	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
81	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
82	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
83	National Park Service Oral History	National Park Service Oral History	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
84	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
85	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
86	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
87	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
88	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
89	Let’s Talk - Lozano Smith Podcast	Lozano Smith	Government	100	Blubrry	42
90	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
91	Live From America with Jeremy Herrell	Jeremy Herrell	Government	2147	RSS.com	32
92	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
93	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
94	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
95	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
96	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
97	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
98	The Cognitive Crucible	Information Professionals Association	Government	249	Libsyn	58
99	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
100	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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