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 Apr 2026

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04/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 357

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:13

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
2	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
3	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
4	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
5	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
11	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
13	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
16	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
20	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
22	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
23	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
24	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
26	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
29	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
30	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
31	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
32	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
33	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
35	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
36	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
37	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
38	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
39	Case By Case: A Legal Podcast	Klare Marie Essad	Government	40	Libsyn	47
40	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
41	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
43	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
44	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
45	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
46	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
47	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
48	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
49	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
50	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
51	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
52	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
53	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
54	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
55	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
56	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
57	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
58	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
59	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
60	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
61	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
62	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
63	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
64	The 80 Million Podcast	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP	Government	8	Podbean	58
65	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
66	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
67	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
68	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	19	Buzzsprout	38
69	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
70	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
71	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
72	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	106	Megaphone	59
73	The Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife	Government	292	Soundcloud	38
74	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
75	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
76	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
77	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
78	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
79	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
80	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
81	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
82	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
83	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
84	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
85	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
86	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
87	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
88	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
89	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
90	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
91	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
92	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
93	Fronteras	Texas Public Radio	Government	39	Unknown	43
94	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
95	Public Service Podcast	Alethios	Government	9	RSS.com	52
96	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
97	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
98	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
99	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
100	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49

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