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 21 Mar 2026

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03/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 375

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:00

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Official FBI (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (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	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
8	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
11	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
14	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
16	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
21	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
24	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
25	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
28	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
30	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
33	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
35	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
36	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
37	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
38	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
39	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
40	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
41	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
42	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
43	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
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 Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
46	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
47	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
48	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
49	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
50	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
51	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
52	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
53	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
54	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
55	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
56	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
57	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
58	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
59	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
60	Texas Talks	Texas Talks	Government	121	Simplecast	53
61	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
62	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
63	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
64	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
65	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
66	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	9	Unknown	38
67	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
68	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
69	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
70	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
71	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
73	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
74	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
75	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
76	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
77	BLUF: Artorias Podcast	Artorias, Inc.	Government	72	Spotify for Podcasters	17
78	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
79	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
80	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
81	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
82	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
83	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
84	The Dictators	The Real Truth Not Fake Media	Government	15	Spotify for Podcasters	32
85	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
86	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
87	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
88	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
89	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
90	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
91	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
92	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
93	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
94	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
95	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
96	The Pod Couple	Problem Solvers Caucus	Government	2	RSS.com	58
97	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
98	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
99	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
100	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69

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