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 Apr 2026

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04/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 360

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:43:48

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
2	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
3	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	46	Simplecast	79
4	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	36	Megaphone	48
5	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	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	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2747	Megaphone	38
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	477	Podbean	68
11	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1958	Megaphone	53
12	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	386	Megaphone	53
16	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
17	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
18	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
19	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	316	Megaphone	63
23	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	457	Megaphone	58
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	918	RSS.com	42
25	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	273	Libsyn	58
27	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
28	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
29	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
30	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
31	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
33	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
34	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
35	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
36	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
37	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
38	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
39	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
40	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
41	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
42	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
43	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
44	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
45	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
46	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
47	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
48	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1981	BBC	43
49	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
50	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
51	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
52	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
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	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
55	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
56	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
57	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
58	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	200	PRX	59
59	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	934	Buzzsprout	63
60	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1655	Unknown	43
61	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
62	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
63	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
64	Texas Talks	Texas Talks	Government	121	Simplecast	53
65	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
66	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1111	Megaphone	48
67	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
68	Case By Case: A Legal Podcast	Klare Marie Essad	Government	40	Libsyn	47
69	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
70	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
71	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	577	Podbean	32
72	The 80 Million Podcast	The 80 Million	Government	10	Substack	53
73	The Parliament	The Heritage Foundation	Government	11	Spreaker	59
74	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
75	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
76	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
77	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
78	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
79	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	415	Megaphone	49
80	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
81	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	36	Megaphone	37
82	Stories of Special Forces Operators	Circle Of Insight Productions	Government	233	Spreaker	43
83	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	750	Libsyn	37
84	Inde Talks	Laurie Dean Wiley	Government	5	RSS.com	53
85	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	258	Acast	69
86	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
87	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
88	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	21	Buzzsprout	52
89	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	934	Megaphone	38
90	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	61	Libsyn	38
91	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	210	Unknown	58
92	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	179	Buzzsprout	68
94	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	26	Megaphone	48
95	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
96	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	95	Megaphone	59
97	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
98	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	728	Unknown	43
99	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
100	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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