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 Jun 2026

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06/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 376

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:50

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	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	34	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	1902	Megaphone	53
7	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
10	Military Retirement Podcast	w/ John McConnell and Victor De La Flor	Government	135	Spotify for Podcasters	47
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
12	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
13	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
19	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
20	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
21	Civil Rights for Civil Servants	Shaun Southworth and Lydia Taylor	Government	6	Captivate	58
22	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
23	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
25	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
27	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
30	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
31	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
34	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
35	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
36	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
37	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
38	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
39	Who's Gonna Govern?	Colorado Public Radio	Government	39	PRX	54
40	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
41	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
42	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
43	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
44	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
45	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
46	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
47	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
48	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
49	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
50	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
51	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
52	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
53	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
54	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
55	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
56	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
57	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
58	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
59	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
60	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
61	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
62	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
63	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
64	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
65	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
67	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
68	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
69	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
70	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
71	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
72	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
73	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
74	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
75	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
76	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
77	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
78	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
79	Technologically Speaking	DHS Science and Technology Directorate	Government	67	Podbean	58
80	Consider the Constitution	The Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution	Government	65	Buzzsprout	52
81	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
82	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
83	Trash Talk with Trista	Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy	Government	1	Podbean	58
84	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
85	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
86	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
87	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
88	The LOWDOWN	187th Fighter Wing	Government & Organizations	36	Unknown	48
89	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
91	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
92	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
93	Peace is Power	Janessa Gans Wilder - Peacebuilder & Founder - Euphrates Institute	Society & Culture	3	Unknown	74
94	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
95	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
96	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
97	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
98	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	82	Libsyn	63
99	Stories of Special Forces Operators	Circle Of Insight Productions	Government	219	Spreaker	43
100	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49

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