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 Aug 2026

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08/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 401

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:44

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Podbean (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
7	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	40	Megaphone	48
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
9	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
10	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
11	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
12	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	252	Podetize	63
13	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	50	Simplecast	79
14	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
16	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
23	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
24	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
25	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
26	Congressional Dish Details temporarily unavailable	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
27	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
28	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
29	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
31	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
32	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
33	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
34	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
35	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
36	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
37	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
38	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
39	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
40	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
41	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
42	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
43	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
44	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
45	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	317	RSS.com	52
46	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
47	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
48	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
49	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
50	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
51	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
52	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
53	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
54	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
55	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
56	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
57	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
58	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
59	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
60	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	99	Podbean	43
61	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
62	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
63	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
64	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
65	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
66	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
67	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
68	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
69	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
70	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	680	Libsyn	58
71	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
72	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
73	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
74	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
75	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
76	Talk with the People	NYC Mayor's Office	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	28
77	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
78	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
79	Stories of Special Forces Operators	Circle Of Insight Productions	Government	242	Spreaker	43
80	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
81	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
82	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
83	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
84	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
85	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
86	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	382	Unknown	43
88	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
89	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
90	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
91	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
92	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	119	BBC	28
93	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
94	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	102	Buzzsprout	57
95	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
96	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
97	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	94	Simplecast	52
98	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
99	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
100	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53

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