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 May 2026

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05/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 384

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:58

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. Official FBI (2 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Podbean (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	49	Simplecast	79
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
9	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
10	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
11	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	38	Megaphone	48
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	921	RSS.com	42
18	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
19	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
21	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
22	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
23	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
25	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
29	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
30	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
31	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
32	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
33	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
34	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
35	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
36	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
37	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
38	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
39	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
40	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
41	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
42	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
43	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
44	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
45	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
47	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
48	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
49	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
50	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	5	Unknown	52
51	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
52	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
53	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
54	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
55	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
56	The Thin Line w/ Imran Ali	The Thin Line Podcast	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	22
57	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
58	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
59	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
60	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
61	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
62	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
63	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
64	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
65	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
66	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
67	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
68	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
69	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
70	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
71	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
72	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
73	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
74	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
75	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
76	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
77	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
78	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
79	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1115	Megaphone	48
80	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
81	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
83	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
84	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	84	Libsyn	58
85	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
86	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
87	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
88	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
89	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
90	The 80 Million Podcast	The 80 Million	Government	11	Substack	53
91	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
92	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
93	Technologically Speaking	DHS Science and Technology Directorate	Government	67	Podbean	58
94	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1661	Unknown	43
95	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
96	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
97	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
98	Who Belongs?	Othering and Belonging Institute	Government	63	Pinecast	69
99	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
100	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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