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 sept. 2026

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09/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 364

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:42:39

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

3. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	36	Simplecast	79
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
7	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
8	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
13	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
14	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
15	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
17	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
20	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
21	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
23	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
24	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
27	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
28	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
29	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
31	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
34	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
35	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
36	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
37	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
38	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
40	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
41	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
42	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	9	Unknown	38
43	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
44	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
45	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
46	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
47	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
48	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
49	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
50	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
51	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
52	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	913	Buzzsprout	63
53	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
54	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
55	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
56	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
57	The LOWDOWN	187th Fighter Wing	Government & Organizations	47	Unknown	48
58	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	87	Megaphone	38
59	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
60	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
61	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
62	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
63	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
64	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	908	Megaphone	38
65	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
66	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
68	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
69	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
70	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
71	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
72	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	24	Simplecast	68
73	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
74	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
75	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
76	The Roundabout roundup Podcast	Roundaboutroundup	Government	13	Podbean	37
77	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	236	StreamGuys	27
78	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	51	Megaphone	38
79	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
80	English Communication Podcast	Sunita Rawat	Business	26	Buzzsprout	47
81	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
82	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
83	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	722	Captivate	53
84	Stories of Special Forces Operators	Circle Of Insight Productions	Government	220	Spreaker	43
85	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	129	Squarespace	63
86	High Energy Planet	Katie Auth	Government	36	Unknown	79
87	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
88	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
89	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
90	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	84	Libsyn	58
91	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
92	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
93	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
94	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	How to Really Run a City powered by Accelerator for America	The Philadelphia Citizen	Government	59	Libsyn	62
96	Open Mike: A Look Inside the County of San Mateo	County of San Mateo	Government	7	Buzzsprout	32
97	Trash Talk with Trista	Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy	Government	7	Podbean	52
98	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
99	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
100	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53

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