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 juin 2026

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06/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 386

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:45:47

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 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	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
6	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
10	Military Retirement Podcast	w/ John McConnell and Victor De La Flor	Government	135	Spotify for Podcasters	47
11	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
12	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
13	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
14	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
15	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
17	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
18	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
21	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
22	Civil Rights for Civil Servants	Shaun Southworth and Lydia Taylor	Government	6	Captivate	58
23	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
24	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
25	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
27	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
30	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
35	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
36	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
37	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
38	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
39	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
40	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
41	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
42	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
43	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
44	Who's Gonna Govern?	Colorado Public Radio	Government	39	PRX	54
45	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
46	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
47	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
48	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
49	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
50	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
51	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
52	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
53	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
54	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
55	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
56	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
57	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
58	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
59	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
60	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
61	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
62	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
63	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
64	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
65	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
66	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
67	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
68	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
69	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
70	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
71	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
72	Technologically Speaking	DHS Science and Technology Directorate	Government	67	Podbean	58
73	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
74	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
75	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
76	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
77	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
78	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
79	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
80	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
81	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
82	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
83	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
84	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
85	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
86	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
87	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
88	Peace is Power	Janessa Gans Wilder - Peacebuilder & Founder - Euphrates Institute	Society & Culture	3	Unknown	74
89	The 80 Million Podcast	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP	Government	8	Podbean	58
90	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
91	The SGMA Weekly	WaterOne.ai	Government	17	RSS.com	48
92	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
93	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
94	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
95	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
96	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
97	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
98	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
99	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
100	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63

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