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 Sep 2026

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09/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 409

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:41:54

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	438	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2687	Megaphone	38
3	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	38	Simplecast	79
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
5	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	29	Megaphone	48
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1918	Megaphone	53
9	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	248	Podetize	63
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
12	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	45	Omny Studio	52
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	907	RSS.com	42
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
16	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
19	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
20	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
25	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
26	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
27	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	88	Megaphone	38
28	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	915	Buzzsprout	63
29	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
30	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
31	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
32	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
33	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1629	Unknown	43
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
35	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
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	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
39	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
40	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	307	Megaphone	63
41	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
42	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	748	Libsyn	37
43	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	52	Megaphone	38
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	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
46	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
47	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	369	Megaphone	43
48	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
49	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
50	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
51	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
52	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	51	Simplecast	79
53	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	198	PRX	59
54	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
55	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
56	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
57	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
58	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
59	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
60	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	317	Simplecast	73
61	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1093	Megaphone	48
62	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
63	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	412	Megaphone	49
64	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
65	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	237	StreamGuys	27
66	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
67	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
68	What Has Government Done to Our Money?	Murray N. Rothbard	Government	7	Unknown	48
69	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	999	StreamGuys	38
70	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
71	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
72	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	179	Buzzsprout	68
73	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
74	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	9	BBC	22
75	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
76	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	48	Megaphone	48
77	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
78	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
79	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	254	Acast	69
80	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
81	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	376	Unknown	43
83	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	100	Buzzsprout	57
84	Beyond Command	Sean Maloy	Government	4	Buzzsprout	58
85	Power Plays	Podcaster	Government	79	Simplecast	48
86	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
87	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	84	Libsyn	58
88	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	211	Megaphone	49
89	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	307	RSS.com	52
90	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
91	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
92	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	573	Podbean	32
93	High Turnout Wide Margins	High Turnout Wide Margins	Government	142	Spotify for Podcasters	42
94	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
95	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
96	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	529	Libsyn	58
97	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
98	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
99	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
100	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58

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