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 Oct 2026

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10/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 375

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:53:45

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

4. Official FBI (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
3	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
7	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	36	Megaphone	48
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2747	Megaphone	38
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1958	Megaphone	53
10	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	46	Simplecast	79
11	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
12	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
13	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
14	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
15	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
16	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	386	Megaphone	53
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	919	RSS.com	42
19	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
21	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
22	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	316	Megaphone	63
23	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
25	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
26	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
27	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	273	Libsyn	58
29	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
30	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
31	Administrative Remedies	Gwendolyn Savitz and Marc Roark	Government	45	RSS.com	78
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
35	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
36	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	200	PRX	59
37	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
38	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	95	Megaphone	59
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1982	BBC	43
40	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
41	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
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	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
44	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
45	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	934	Megaphone	38
46	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
47	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
48	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
49	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1111	Megaphone	48
50	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	934	Buzzsprout	63
51	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
52	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
53	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
54	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
55	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	4	Podbean	63
56	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
57	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
58	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
59	Inside Chelsea	Wayne Morris	Government	1	Buzzsprout	48
60	From the Source with Wade Crowfoot	California Natural Resources Agency	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	32
61	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	106	Buzzsprout	63
62	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
63	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
64	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1655	Unknown	43
65	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	315	RSS.com	52
66	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
67	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	55	Simplecast	79
68	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	678	Libsyn	58
69	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	210	Unknown	58
70	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
71	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
73	Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)	Government	17	Buzzsprout	27
74	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
75	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	5	Unknown	52
76	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	258	Acast	69
77	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	577	Podbean	32
78	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	241	StreamGuys	27
79	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	97	Podbean	43
80	Around the Roundhouse	The Santa Fe New Mexican	Government	85	Omny Studio	68
81	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	240	Buzzsprout	83
82	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
83	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
84	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
85	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	215	Simplecast	59
86	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
87	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
88	Not My Narrative	Straw Hut Media	Government	3	Megaphone	53
89	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
90	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	268	Acast	94
91	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
92	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	196	Transistor	63
93	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
94	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
95	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	324	Simplecast	73
96	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
97	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	26	Simplecast	68
98	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
99	DIA Connections	Defense Intelligence Agency	Government & Organizations	43	Unknown	43
100	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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