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 Sep 2026

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09/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 381

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:42:33

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Unknown (13 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	36	Simplecast	79
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2672	Megaphone	38
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	27	Megaphone	48
9	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
10	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
13	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
15	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	904	RSS.com	42
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
22	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
23	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
25	Fiasco Details temporarily unavailable	Pushkin Industries	Government	47	Omny Studio	69
26	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
27	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	87	Megaphone	38
28	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
29	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
30	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
31	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
32	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
35	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
36	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
37	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
38	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
39	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
40	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
41	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1967	BBC	43
43	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
44	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	914	Buzzsprout	63
45	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
46	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	909	Megaphone	38
47	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
48	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	747	Libsyn	37
49	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
50	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
51	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
52	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
53	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
54	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	315	Simplecast	73
55	What Has Government Done to Our Money?	Murray N. Rothbard	Government	7	Unknown	48
56	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	236	StreamGuys	27
57	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
58	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
59	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
60	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	51	Megaphone	38
61	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
62	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	304	RSS.com	52
63	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
64	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
65	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
66	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
67	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
68	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	999	StreamGuys	38
69	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
70	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
71	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
73	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	320	Podbean	38
74	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
75	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
76	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
77	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	375	Unknown	43
78	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
79	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	9	Unknown	38
80	راه دیگر	یاشار سلطانی	Government	2	Unknown	63
81	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
82	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
83	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
84	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
85	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
86	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
87	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
88	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
89	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
90	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	100	Buzzsprout	57
91	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
92	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
93	Talk'n the Beat	Sterling Heights TV	Government	38	Buzzsprout	68
94	Government Accountability Office (GAO) Podcast: Watchdog Report	Government Accountability Office	Government	50	Unknown	32
95	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	84	Libsyn	58
96	Guardian Mindset Podcast	Attorney Eric Daigle	Government	51	Castos	38
97	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	96	Megaphone	49
98	Letters To Our Daughters	Magon Hoffman	Government	12	Buzzsprout	68
99	The LOWDOWN	187th Fighter Wing	Government & Organizations	47	Unknown	48
100	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	9	BBC	22

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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