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 20 mars 2026

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03/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 381

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:06

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. Official FBI (2 shows)

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	426	RedCircle	58
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
9	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
13	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
14	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
15	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
16	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
17	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
22	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
23	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
24	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
25	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	47	Omny Studio	69
26	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
27	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
28	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
29	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
30	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
31	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
32	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
33	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
35	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
36	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
37	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
38	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
39	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
41	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
42	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
43	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
44	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
45	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
46	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
47	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
48	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
49	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
50	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	9	Unknown	38
51	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
52	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
53	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
54	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
55	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
56	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
57	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
58	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
59	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
60	BLUF: Artorias Podcast	Artorias, Inc.	Government	72	Spotify for Podcasters	17
61	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
62	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
64	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
65	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
66	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
67	The Dictators	The Real Truth Not Fake Media	Government	15	Spotify for Podcasters	32
68	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
69	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
70	The Pod Couple	Problem Solvers Caucus	Government	2	RSS.com	58
71	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
72	Texas Talks	Texas Talks	Government	121	Simplecast	53
73	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
74	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
75	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
76	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
77	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
78	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
79	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
80	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
81	While We Still Can	Tina Langland and Lisa Rollison	Government	98	RSS.com	38
82	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
83	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
84	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
85	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
86	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
87	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
88	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
89	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
90	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
91	This Means War	Peter Roberts	Government	96	Libsyn	58
92	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
93	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	106	Megaphone	59
94	Criminal Law Department Presents	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
95	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
96	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
97	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
99	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
100	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58

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