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 Jul 2026

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07/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 365

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:45:39

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. The DSR Network (4 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Unknown (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
3	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
11	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	49	Simplecast	79
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
13	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
14	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	921	RSS.com	42
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	50	Omny Studio	52
18	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
19	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
21	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
22	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	6	Unknown	53
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
24	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
25	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
26	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
27	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
29	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
31	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
32	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
33	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
35	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
36	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
37	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
38	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
39	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
40	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
41	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
42	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
43	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
44	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
45	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	938	Megaphone	38
46	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
48	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
49	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
50	Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life	PolicyLink	Government	14	Omny Studio	58
51	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1115	Megaphone	48
52	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
53	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
54	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
55	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
56	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
57	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
58	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
59	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
60	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	381	Unknown	43
61	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
62	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
64	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
65	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
66	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	94	Simplecast	52
67	Second Reading Podcast	Second Reading Podcast	Government	269	Unknown	38
68	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	13	BBC	22
69	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
70	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
71	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
72	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
73	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
74	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
75	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	38
76	Political Thinking with Nick Robinson	BBC Radio 4	News	329	BBC	28
77	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
78	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
79	Waxhaw Happenings: The Podcast	Town of Waxhaw, North Carolina	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	47
80	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	36	Megaphone	37
81	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
82	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
83	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
84	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
85	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
86	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	316	RSS.com	52
87	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	97	Podbean	43
88	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
89	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
90	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
91	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
92	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
93	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
94	The Emergency Management Network Podcast	Todd T. De Voe	Government	420	Substack	42
95	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
96	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
97	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
98	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
99	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
100	FedUpward Podcast - Tips for Federal Government Employees	Love Rutledge	Government	199	Libsyn	47

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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