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 23 mars 2026

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03/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 330

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:46

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. Oyez (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
8	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
10	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
13	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
14	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
15	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
16	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
23	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
25	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
26	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
27	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
29	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
30	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
31	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
32	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
33	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
34	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
35	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
36	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
37	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
38	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
39	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
40	Liberal Tears	Chris and Hailey	Government	12	PodServe.fm	49
41	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
42	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
43	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
44	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
45	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
46	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
47	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
48	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
49	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
50	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
51	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
52	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
53	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
54	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
55	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
56	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
57	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
58	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
59	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
60	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
61	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
62	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
63	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
64	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
65	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
66	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
67	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
69	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
70	U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Announcements	Oyez	Government & Organizations	79	Unknown	32
71	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
72	The Benjamin Anthony Show from the MirYam Institute	The MirYam Institute	Government	241	Buzzsprout	62
73	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
74	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
75	The Overton Window	Mackinac Center for Public Policy	Government	142	Unknown	38
76	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
77	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
78	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
79	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
80	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
81	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
82	Around the Roundhouse	The Santa Fe New Mexican	Government	58	Omny Studio	73
83	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
84	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
85	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
86	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
87	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
88	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
89	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
90	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
91	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
92	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
93	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
94	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
95	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
96	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
97	Social Discipline	Social Discipline	Government	54	Soundcloud	43
98	The Roundabout roundup Podcast	Roundaboutroundup	Government	13	Podbean	37
99	Texas Talks	Texas Talks	Government	121	Simplecast	53
100	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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