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 mai 2026

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05/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 388

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 00:42:45

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. Official FBI (2 shows)

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

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (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	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
9	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
10	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
12	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
13	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
14	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
18	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
19	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
22	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
23	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
24	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
25	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
31	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
32	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
35	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
36	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
37	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
38	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
39	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
40	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
41	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
42	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
43	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
44	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
45	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
46	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
47	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
48	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
49	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
50	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	20	Captivate	48
51	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
52	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
53	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
54	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
55	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
56	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
57	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
58	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
59	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
60	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
61	First and Main	City of Winston-Salem	Government	13	Buzzsprout	73
62	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
63	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
64	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
65	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
66	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
67	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
68	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
69	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
70	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
71	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
72	The Thin Line w/ Imran Ali	The Thin Line Podcast	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	22
73	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
74	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
75	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
76	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
77	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
78	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
79	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
80	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
81	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	44	RSS.com	42
82	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
83	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
84	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
85	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
86	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	28	Libsyn	53
87	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
88	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
89	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
90	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
91	Ballot Battleground: Nevada	KRNV	Government	81	Megaphone	78
92	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
93	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
94	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	82	Libsyn	63
95	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
96	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
97	Lawfare No Bull	Lawfare	Government	100	Acast	43
98	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
99	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
100	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43

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