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 Apr 2026

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04/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 347

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:42:36

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 shows)

2. The DSR Network (4 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. Podbean (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 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	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
5	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
12	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
13	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
16	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
20	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
23	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
24	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
28	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
29	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
30	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
31	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
32	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
33	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
34	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
35	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
36	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
37	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
38	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
39	Case By Case: A Legal Podcast	Klare Marie Essad	Government	40	Libsyn	47
40	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
41	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
42	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
43	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
44	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
45	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
46	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
47	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
48	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
49	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
50	The 80 Million Podcast	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP	Government	8	Podbean	58
51	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
52	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
53	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
54	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
55	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
56	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
57	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
58	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
59	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
60	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
61	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	19	Buzzsprout	38
62	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
63	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
64	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
65	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
66	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
67	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
68	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
69	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
70	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
71	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	106	Megaphone	59
72	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
73	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
74	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
75	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
76	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
77	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
78	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
79	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
80	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
81	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
82	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
83	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
84	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
85	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
86	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
87	Countdown to Capture	Newport Beach Police Department	Government	8	Soundcloud	43
88	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
89	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
90	BOCO County Conversations	Botetourt County	Government	2	Podbean	42
91	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
92	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
93	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
94	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
95	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	73
96	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
97	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49
98	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
99	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
100	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52

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