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 18 Mar 2026

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03/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 371

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:09

Top 5 authors

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

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. The DSR Network (3 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
8	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
9	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
10	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
11	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
14	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
16	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
18	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
19	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
23	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
24	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
25	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
26	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
27	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
28	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
29	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
32	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
33	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
34	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
35	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
36	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
37	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
38	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
39	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
40	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
41	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
42	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
43	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
44	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
45	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
46	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
47	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
48	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
49	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
50	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
51	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
52	InterAgency Board Podcast	Dave Donohue	Government	2	RSS.com	52
53	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
54	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
55	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
56	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
57	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
58	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
59	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
60	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
61	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
62	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
63	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
64	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
65	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
66	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
67	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1116	Megaphone	48
68	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
69	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
70	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	21	Buzzsprout	52
71	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
72	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
73	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
74	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
75	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
76	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
77	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
78	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
79	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
80	Lena's Lens	SRPMIC	Government	8	Transistor	53
81	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
82	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
84	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
85	Your Mountain	David Willms, Mike McGrady and Nephi Cole	Sports	221	Libsyn	53
86	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
87	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
88	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
89	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
90	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
91	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
92	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	27	Megaphone	48
93	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	47
94	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
95	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	115	Megaphone	59
96	Global Recon	John Hendricks	Government	192	Spotify for Podcasters	43
97	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
98	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
99	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
100	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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