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 Apr 2026

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04/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 376

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:28

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
3	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	48	Simplecast	79
4	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
5	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	478	Podbean	68
10	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2759	Megaphone	38
11	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1966	Megaphone	53
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
13	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
14	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
15	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
16	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
17	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
18	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
19	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
20	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
22	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
24	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
27	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
28	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
30	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
31	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
32	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
33	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
34	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
35	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
36	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
37	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
38	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
39	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
40	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
41	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
42	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
43	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
44	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
45	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
46	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
47	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
48	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
49	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
50	Case By Case: A Legal Podcast	Klare Marie Essad	Government	40	Libsyn	47
51	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
52	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
53	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
54	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
55	The 80 Million Podcast	The 80 Million	Government	11	Substack	53
56	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
57	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
58	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	936	Buzzsprout	63
59	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
60	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
61	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
62	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	63	Libsyn	38
63	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1658	Unknown	43
64	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
65	The Parliament	The Heritage Foundation	Government	11	Spreaker	59
66	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
67	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
68	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
69	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
70	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
71	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
72	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
73	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	36	Megaphone	37
74	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	21	Buzzsprout	52
75	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
76	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
77	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
78	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
79	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
80	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
81	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
82	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	937	Megaphone	38
83	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1115	Megaphone	48
84	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
85	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	729	Unknown	43
86	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	180	Buzzsprout	68
87	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
88	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
89	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
90	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
91	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	730	Captivate	53
92	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
93	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
94	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
95	Thinking Inside the Box - The Gauntlet	Fort Irwin Operations Group	Government & Organizations	40	Unknown	42
96	The Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife	Government	292	Soundcloud	38
97	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
98	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
99	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
100	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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