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 22 Mar 2026

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03/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 378

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:39

Top 5 authors

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

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

4. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
7	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
8	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
10	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
13	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
16	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
17	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
18	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
19	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
21	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
22	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
23	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
24	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
26	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
27	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
28	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
29	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
31	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
33	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
34	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
35	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
36	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
37	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
38	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
39	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
40	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
41	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
42	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
43	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
44	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
45	Liberal Tears	Chris and Hailey	Government	12	PodServe.fm	49
46	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
47	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
48	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
49	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
50	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
51	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
52	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
53	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
54	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
55	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
56	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
57	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	316	RSS.com	52
58	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
59	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	47
60	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
61	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
62	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
63	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
64	The Benjamin Anthony Show from the MirYam Institute	The MirYam Institute	Government	257	Buzzsprout	62
65	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
66	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
67	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
68	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	94	Simplecast	52
69	U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Announcements	Oyez	Government & Organizations	79	Unknown	32
70	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
71	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
72	Texas Talks	Texas Talks	Government	121	Simplecast	53
73	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
74	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	381	Unknown	43
75	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
76	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
77	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
78	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
79	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
80	Around the Roundhouse	The Santa Fe New Mexican	Government	85	Omny Studio	68
81	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
82	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
83	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
84	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
85	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	180	Buzzsprout	68
86	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
87	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
88	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
89	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	22
90	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
91	Audio Briefs	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	1465	Megaphone	43
92	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
93	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
94	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
95	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
96	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
97	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	27	Megaphone	48
98	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
99	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
100	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58

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