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 Oct 2026

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10/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 370

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:53:01

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
3	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2756	Megaphone	38
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1964	Megaphone	53
9	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	48	Simplecast	79
10	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
11	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
12	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
13	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
14	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
15	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
17	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
18	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	155	Megaphone	48
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
22	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
23	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	From the Source with Wade Crowfoot	California Natural Resources Agency	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	32
27	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
28	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
29	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1114	Megaphone	48
30	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
31	Not My Narrative	Straw Hut Media	Government	4	Megaphone	53
32	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1983	BBC	43
35	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
36	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
37	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
38	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
39	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
40	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
41	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
42	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	56	Simplecast	79
43	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
44	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
45	Talking Charleston	City of Charleston, SC	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
46	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
47	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
48	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
49	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	12	Megaphone	63
50	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
51	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
52	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	935	Buzzsprout	63
53	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
54	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
55	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1657	Unknown	43
56	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
57	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
58	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	936	Megaphone	38
59	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
60	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
61	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
62	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	241	StreamGuys	27
63	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	4	Podbean	63
64	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
65	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	316	Megaphone	63
66	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48
67	California City News Podcast	CityNews	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	11
68	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	215	Simplecast	59
69	Administrative Remedies	Gwendolyn Savitz and Marc Roark	Government	45	RSS.com	78
70	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
71	Power and Principle with Mark Lee Greenblatt	Federal News Network	Government	1	ART19	48
72	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
73	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
74	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	542	Libsyn	58
75	Second Reading Podcast	Second Reading Podcast	Government	268	Unknown	38
76	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	346	Substack	48
77	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
78	Space Strategy	Space Pod	Government	63	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
80	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
81	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
82	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
83	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
84	Resources Radio	Resources for the Future	Government	400	Soundcloud	53
85	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
86	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	294	Spreaker	49
87	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
88	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
89	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	26	Simplecast	68
90	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
91	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
92	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	730	Captivate	53
93	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
94	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	168	Simplecast	48
95	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
96	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	316	RSS.com	52
97	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
98	Above Average Intelligence	The DSR Network	Government	50	Megaphone	38
99	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
100	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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