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 Jul 2026

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07/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 366

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:46:35

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
8	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
9	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
10	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
13	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
14	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	5	Unknown	53
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
20	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
22	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
25	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
26	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
31	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
32	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
33	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
34	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
35	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
37	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
38	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
39	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
40	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
41	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
42	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
43	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
44	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
45	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
46	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
47	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
48	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
49	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
50	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
51	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
52	Waxhaw Happenings: The Podcast	Town of Waxhaw, North Carolina	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	47
53	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
54	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
55	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
56	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
57	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
58	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
59	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
61	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
62	Regulatory Phishing by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP	Eric Crusius	Government	17	Libsyn	38
63	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
64	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
65	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
66	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
67	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
68	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
69	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
70	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
71	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
72	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
73	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
74	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
75	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
76	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
77	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
78	Wyoming Wildlife Podcast	Wyoming Game and Fish Department	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	22
79	Data-Smart City Pod	Data-Smart City Solutions	Government	96	Simplecast	58
80	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
81	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
82	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
83	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
84	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
85	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
86	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
87	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	292	Spreaker	49
88	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
89	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
90	Transform Gov - the digital government podcast	Maeve Kneafsey	Government	83	Acast	83
91	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
92	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
93	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
94	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	87	Megaphone	38
95	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
96	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
97	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
98	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	721	Captivate	53
99	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
100	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59

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