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 Oct 2026

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10/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 365

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:53:39

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. Official FBI (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Unknown (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
4	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2747	Megaphone	38
8	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	36	Megaphone	48
9	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1958	Megaphone	53
11	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
12	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
13	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
14	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
15	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	46	Simplecast	79
16	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
17	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	386	Megaphone	53
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
20	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	273	Libsyn	58
21	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
22	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1111	Megaphone	48
23	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
24	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
25	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
26	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	918	RSS.com	42
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
29	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
31	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
32	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
33	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	316	Megaphone	63
34	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
35	Administrative Remedies	Gwendolyn Savitz and Marc Roark	Government	45	RSS.com	78
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
37	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	324	Simplecast	73
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
40	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
41	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1981	BBC	43
43	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
44	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
45	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
46	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	95	Megaphone	59
47	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
48	From the Source with Wade Crowfoot	California Natural Resources Agency	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	32
49	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	934	Megaphone	38
50	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	55	Simplecast	79
51	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
52	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
53	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	200	PRX	59
54	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
55	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
56	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1655	Unknown	43
57	Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)	Government	17	Buzzsprout	27
58	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	97	Podbean	43
59	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	268	Acast	94
60	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
61	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
62	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	75	Captivate	63
63	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	934	Buzzsprout	63
64	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	315	RSS.com	52
65	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
66	Not My Narrative	Straw Hut Media	Government	3	Megaphone	53
67	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
68	AuthentiCity FM \| Real Stories. Bold Ideas. Better Communities.	AuthentiCity FM	Government	48	Spotify for Podcasters	42
69	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
70	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
71	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
72	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	258	Acast	69
73	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	678	Libsyn	58
74	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	4	Podbean	63
75	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
76	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	5	Unknown	52
77	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
78	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
79	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	215	Simplecast	59
80	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
81	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	210	Unknown	58
82	Inside Chelsea	Wayne Morris	Government	1	Buzzsprout	48
83	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
84	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
85	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
86	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	106	Buzzsprout	63
87	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
88	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	380	Unknown	43
89	The AHIMA HI-Five Policy Podcast	AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	37
90	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	144	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	577	Podbean	32
92	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	728	Unknown	43
93	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
94	Inside Olympia	TVW	Government	227	Spreaker	43
95	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
96	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
97	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	The Life of the Law	Government	185	Unknown	43
98	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
99	Above Average Intelligence	The DSR Network	Government	50	Megaphone	38
100	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27

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