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 Aug 2026

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08/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 349

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:42:51

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Unknown (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
3	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
6	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
11	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
12	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
13	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
16	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
21	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
22	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
25	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
30	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
31	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
34	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
35	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
36	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
37	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
40	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
41	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
42	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
43	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
44	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
45	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
46	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
47	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
48	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
49	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
50	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
51	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
52	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
53	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
54	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
55	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
56	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
57	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
58	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
59	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
60	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
61	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
62	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
63	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
64	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
65	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
66	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
67	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
68	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
69	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
70	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
71	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
72	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
73	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
74	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
75	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
76	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
77	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
78	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
79	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
80	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
81	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
82	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	53	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
84	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
85	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
86	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
87	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
88	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
89	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
90	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
91	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
92	Medicaid Leadership Exchange	Center for Health Care Strategies and the National Association of Medicaid Directors	Government	28	Blubrry Podcasting	48
93	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
94	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
95	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
96	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
97	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
98	In The Tank	The Heartland Institute	Government	193	Transistor	63
99	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
100	Urban Planning is Not Boring	Samantha Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata	Government	53	Castos	58

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