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 17 Mar 2026

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03/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 380

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:43:47

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

4. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
6	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
9	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
10	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
11	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
13	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
14	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
15	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
16	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
19	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
21	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
22	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
23	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
24	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
25	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
26	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
27	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
30	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
31	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
32	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
33	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
34	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
35	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
36	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
37	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
38	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
39	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
40	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
41	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
42	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
43	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
44	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
45	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
46	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
47	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
48	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
49	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
50	InterAgency Board Podcast	Dave Donohue	Government	2	RSS.com	52
51	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
52	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
53	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
54	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
55	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
56	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
57	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
58	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1116	Megaphone	48
59	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	21	Buzzsprout	52
60	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
61	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
62	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
63	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
64	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
65	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
66	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
67	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
68	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
69	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
70	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
71	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
72	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
73	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
74	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
75	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
76	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
77	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
78	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
79	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
80	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
82	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	115	Megaphone	59
83	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
84	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
85	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
86	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
87	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
88	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
89	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
90	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
91	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
92	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
93	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
95	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	417	Megaphone	49
96	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
97	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
98	Six One Forward	Betsy Goldstein	Government	12	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
100	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32

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