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 mai 2026

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05/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 372

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:04

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

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

4. Official FBI (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Podbean (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
10	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
11	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
13	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
17	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
20	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
21	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
28	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
31	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
32	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
33	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
34	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
35	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
36	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
37	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
38	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
39	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	20	Captivate	48
40	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
41	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
42	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
43	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
44	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
45	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
46	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
47	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	313	Simplecast	73
48	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
49	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
50	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
51	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
52	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
53	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
54	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
55	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
56	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
57	The Thin Line w/ Imran Ali	The Thin Line Podcast	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	22
58	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
59	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
60	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
61	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
62	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
63	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
64	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	82	Libsyn	63
65	First and Main	City of Winston-Salem	Government	13	Buzzsprout	73
66	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
67	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
68	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
69	The 80 Million Podcast	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP	Government	8	Podbean	58
70	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
71	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
72	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
73	Technologically Speaking	DHS Science and Technology Directorate	Government	67	Podbean	58
74	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
75	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
76	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
77	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
78	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
79	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
80	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
81	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
82	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
83	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
84	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
85	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
86	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
87	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
88	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
89	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
90	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
91	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
92	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
93	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	44	RSS.com	42
94	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
95	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
96	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
97	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
98	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
100	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48

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