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 19 Mar 2026

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03/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 388

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:44

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1972	Megaphone	53
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2768	Megaphone	38
8	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
9	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
10	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
11	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
13	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	157	Megaphone	48
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	321	Megaphone	63
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
17	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
18	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
19	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	276	Libsyn	58
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
23	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
24	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
25	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
26	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	498	Unknown	52
27	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
28	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
32	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
33	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
34	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
35	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
36	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
37	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
38	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
39	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
40	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
41	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1986	BBC	43
42	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
43	BLUF: Artorias Podcast	Artorias, Inc.	Government	77	Spotify for Podcasters	17
44	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
45	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
46	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	939	Buzzsprout	63
47	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
48	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
49	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
50	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
51	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
52	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
53	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
54	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
55	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
56	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
57	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
58	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
59	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
60	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
61	InterAgency Board Podcast	Dave Donohue	Government	2	RSS.com	52
62	While We Still Can	Tina Langland and Lisa Rollison	Government	98	RSS.com	38
63	Texas Talks	Texas Talks	Government	121	Simplecast	53
64	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1118	Megaphone	48
65	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
66	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
67	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
68	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
69	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
70	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	21	Spotify for Podcasters	47
71	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	940	Megaphone	38
72	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
73	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
74	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
75	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	19	Unknown	43
76	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	27	Megaphone	48
77	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
78	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
79	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
80	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
81	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	97	Megaphone	59
82	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
83	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	833	Libsyn	27
84	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
85	Your Mountain	David Willms, Mike McGrady and Nephi Cole	Sports	221	Libsyn	53
86	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
87	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
88	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
89	Criminal Law Department Presents	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
90	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
91	Live From America with Jeremy Herrell	Jeremy Herrell	Government	2147	RSS.com	32
92	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	115	Megaphone	59
93	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
94	Lena's Lens	SRPMIC	Government	8	Transistor	53
95	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
96	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
97	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	21	Buzzsprout	52
98	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
99	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	65	Simplecast	58
100	I Left My Podcast in San Francisco	SFGovTV	Government	2	N/A	N/A

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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