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.

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04/21/2026

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Episodes: 346

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:44

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
3	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
4	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
5	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	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	328	RedCircle	58
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
11	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
12	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
13	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	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	139	Unknown	63
21	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
24	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
25	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
26	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
27	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
28	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	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	56	Unknown	32
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
33	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	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	263	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	247	Podbean	42
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	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	368	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	60	Megaphone	73
48	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	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	99	Buzzsprout	58
52	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
53	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
54	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	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	304	Megaphone	63
57	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
58	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
59	The 80 Million Podcast	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP	Government	8	Podbean	58
60	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
61	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
62	The Parliament	The Heritage Foundation	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	22
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	19	Buzzsprout	38
65	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
66	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
67	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
68	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	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	45	RSS.com	42
71	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
72	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
73	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
74	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
75	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
76	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	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	201	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	253	Acast	69
81	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
82	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
83	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	721	Captivate	53
84	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
85	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
86	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
87	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
88	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
89	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
90	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
91	Texas Matters	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
92	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	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	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
96	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
97	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
98	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
99	Trust and Trade	American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section	Government	63	Libsyn	63
100	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	106	Megaphone	59

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