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 avr. 2026

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04/17/2026

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Episodes: 327

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:41:58

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Podbean (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
2	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
3	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
4	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
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	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
16	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
19	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
23	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
24	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
25	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
27	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
28	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
29	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
30	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
31	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
33	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
34	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
35	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
36	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
37	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
38	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
39	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
40	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
41	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
42	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
43	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
44	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
45	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	19	Buzzsprout	38
46	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
47	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
48	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
49	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
50	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
51	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
52	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
53	The 80 Million Podcast	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP	Government	8	Podbean	58
54	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
55	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
56	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
57	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
58	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
59	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
60	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
61	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
62	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
63	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
64	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
65	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
66	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
67	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
68	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
69	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
70	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
71	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
72	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
73	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
74	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
75	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
76	The Parliament	The Heritage Foundation	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	22
77	BOCO County Conversations	Botetourt County	Government	2	Podbean	42
78	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
79	Pandora's Box: The Fall of L.A.'s Sheriff	LAT Studios, Los Angeles Times	Government	7	Simplecast	68
80	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
81	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	52	Spotify for Podcasters	43
82	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
83	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
84	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
85	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
86	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
87	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
88	Stories of Special Forces Operators	Circle Of Insight Productions	Government	219	Spreaker	43
89	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
90	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
91	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
92	Texas Talks	Texas Talks	Government	121	Simplecast	53
93	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
94	Ballot Battleground: Nevada	KRNV	Government	81	Megaphone	78
95	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
96	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
97	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
98	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
99	Texas Matters	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
100	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68

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