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 Jul 2026

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07/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 342

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:40

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

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

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
6	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
9	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
10	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
11	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
19	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
20	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
21	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
22	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
23	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
24	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
25	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
26	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
27	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
28	The Asset	District Productive	Government	65	ART19	69
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
30	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
31	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	5	Unknown	53
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
34	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
35	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
36	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
37	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
38	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
39	Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life	PolicyLink	Government	14	Omny Studio	58
40	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
41	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
42	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
43	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
44	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
45	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
46	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
47	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
48	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
49	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
50	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
51	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
52	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
53	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
54	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
55	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
56	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
57	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
58	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
59	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
60	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
61	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
62	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
63	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
64	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
65	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
66	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
67	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
69	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
70	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
71	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
72	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
73	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	68	Podbean	43
74	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	87	Megaphone	38
75	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
76	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
78	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	20	Captivate	48
79	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
80	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
81	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
82	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
83	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
84	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
85	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
86	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
87	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
88	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
89	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
90	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
91	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
92	Waxhaw Happenings: The Podcast	Town of Waxhaw, North Carolina	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	47
93	Civil Rights for Civil Servants	Shaun Southworth and Lydia Taylor	Government	6	Captivate	58
94	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
95	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	14	Substack	43
96	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
98	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
99	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
100	Second Reading Podcast	Second Reading Podcast	Government	260	Unknown	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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