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 juil. 2026

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07/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 369

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:54

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (13 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Podbean (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
9	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
10	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
11	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	5	Unknown	53
17	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
18	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
27	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
32	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
33	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
34	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
35	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
36	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
37	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
38	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
39	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
41	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
42	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
43	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
44	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
45	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
46	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
47	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
48	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
49	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
50	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
51	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
52	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
53	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
54	Waxhaw Happenings: The Podcast	Town of Waxhaw, North Carolina	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	47
55	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
56	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
57	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
58	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
59	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
60	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
61	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
62	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
63	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
64	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
65	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
66	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
67	Regulatory Phishing by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP	Eric Crusius	Government	17	Libsyn	38
68	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
69	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
70	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
71	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
72	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
74	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
75	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
76	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
77	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
78	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
79	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
80	Wyoming Wildlife Podcast	Wyoming Game and Fish Department	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	22
81	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
82	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
83	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
84	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
85	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
86	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
87	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
88	Data-Smart City Pod	Data-Smart City Solutions	Government	96	Simplecast	58
89	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
90	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
91	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
92	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
93	Best of News Talk 590 WVLK AM	NewsTalk 590 WVLK \| Cumulus Media Lexington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
94	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
95	Cyber Focus: Cybersecurity, National Security, and Critical Infrastructure	McCrary Institute	News	133	Libsyn	63
96	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
97	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
98	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Government & Organizations	46	Podbean	37
99	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	714	Captivate	43
100	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38

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