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 Jul 2026

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07/18/2026

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Episodes: 373

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:46:24

Top 5 authors

1. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Podbean (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
9	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
10	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	49	Simplecast	79
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
12	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
13	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
14	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	38	Megaphone	48
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
17	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	6	Unknown	53
18	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
22	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	921	RSS.com	42
25	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
26	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
29	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
35	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
36	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
37	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
38	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
39	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
40	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1115	Megaphone	48
41	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
42	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
43	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	381	Unknown	43
44	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
45	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
46	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
47	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	316	RSS.com	52
48	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
49	Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life	PolicyLink	Government	14	Omny Studio	58
50	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
51	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
52	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
53	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
54	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
55	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
56	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
57	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
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	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
61	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
62	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
63	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
64	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
65	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
66	Waxhaw Happenings: The Podcast	Town of Waxhaw, North Carolina	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	47
67	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	38
68	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
69	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
70	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
71	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
72	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
73	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
74	Political Thinking with Nick Robinson	BBC Radio 4	News	329	BBC	28
75	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
76	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
77	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
78	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
79	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
80	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
81	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
82	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
83	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
84	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
85	Data-Smart City Pod	Data-Smart City Solutions	Government	102	Simplecast	58
86	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
87	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	53	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
89	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
90	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
91	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
92	Regulatory Phishing by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP	Eric Crusius	Government	17	Libsyn	38
93	Gov360	Chris Mann	Government	29	Podbean	73
94	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
95	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
96	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
97	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
98	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
99	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
100	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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