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 Sep 2026

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09/17/2026

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Episodes: 359

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:41:42

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. AEI Podcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Unknown (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	36	Simplecast	79
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
7	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
12	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
13	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
19	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
20	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
24	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
25	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
27	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
28	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
31	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
32	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
33	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
34	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
35	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
36	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
37	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
38	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
39	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	9	Unknown	38
40	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
41	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
42	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
43	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	87	Megaphone	38
44	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
45	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
46	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
47	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
48	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
49	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
50	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
51	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
52	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
53	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	913	Buzzsprout	63
54	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
55	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
56	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
57	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
58	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
59	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	24	Simplecast	68
60	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
61	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	908	Megaphone	38
62	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
63	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
64	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	236	StreamGuys	27
65	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
66	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
67	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
68	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
69	Alabama's Fire Service	Alabama Association of Fire Chiefs	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	58
70	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
71	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
72	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
73	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
74	USAREUR-AF News Brief	U.S. Army Europe and Africa	Government	70	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
76	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49
77	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
78	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
79	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
80	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
81	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
82	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	129	Squarespace	63
83	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	315	Simplecast	73
84	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	84	Libsyn	58
85	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
86	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
87	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
88	9/11 - Never Forget	DVIDS Hub	Government & Organizations	0	Unknown	28
89	Inside the Castle	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters	Government & Organizations	158	Unknown	38
90	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
91	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
92	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
93	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
95	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
96	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
97	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
98	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
99	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
100	Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Government Contractors Can’t Do Without	Crowell & Moring LLP	Government	100	Podbean	37

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