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 Apr 2026

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04/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 360

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:50

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
3	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	50	Simplecast	79
4	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	39	Megaphone	48
5	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1974	Megaphone	53
11	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2771	Megaphone	38
12	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
13	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
14	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	157	Megaphone	48
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
18	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
19	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
20	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
21	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
24	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
25	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
26	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
27	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
28	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
29	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
30	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
33	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
34	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
35	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
36	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
37	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
38	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	276	Libsyn	58
39	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
40	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
41	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1986	BBC	43
43	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
44	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
45	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
46	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
47	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
48	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	97	Megaphone	59
49	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
50	Case By Case: A Legal Podcast	Klare Marie Essad	Government	40	Libsyn	47
51	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
52	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
53	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
54	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
55	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
56	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
57	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
58	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
59	The 80 Million Podcast	The 80 Million	Government	11	Substack	53
60	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	940	Buzzsprout	63
61	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
62	The Parliament	The Heritage Foundation	Government	11	Spreaker	59
63	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
64	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	21	Buzzsprout	52
65	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	941	Megaphone	38
66	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
67	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	833	Libsyn	27
68	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
69	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
70	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
71	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
72	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
73	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1663	Unknown	43
74	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
75	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
76	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
77	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
78	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
79	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
80	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
81	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
82	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	63	Libsyn	38
83	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	730	Captivate	53
84	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
85	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1119	Megaphone	48
86	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	417	Megaphone	49
87	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
88	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
89	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
90	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	60	Megaphone	38
91	Texas Matters	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	38
92	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
93	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
94	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
95	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
96	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
97	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
98	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	26	Simplecast	58
99	Trust and Trade	American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section	Government	66	Transistor	58
100	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	118	Megaphone	59

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