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 Jul 2026

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07/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 354

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:09

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Podbean (9 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	433	Audioboom	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
6	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	150	Podetize	59
7	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1898	Megaphone	53
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
11	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
14	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	28	Libsyn	38
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
20	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
21	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
22	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
23	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
24	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
25	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
30	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
31	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
32	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
33	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
34	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
35	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
36	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	910	Buzzsprout	63
37	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	367	Megaphone	43
38	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
39	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
40	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
41	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
42	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	5	Unknown	53
43	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1084	Megaphone	48
44	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
45	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
46	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
47	The Asset	District Productive	Government	65	ART19	69
48	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
49	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
50	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
51	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
52	Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life	PolicyLink	Government	14	Omny Studio	58
53	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
54	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
55	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
56	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
57	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
58	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
59	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	246	Podbean	42
60	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	89	Megaphone	59
61	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
62	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
63	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
64	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
65	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
66	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
67	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	301	RSS.com	52
68	Longmont City Council Recap	Longmont City Council Recap Team	Government	8	Substack	48
69	AIPAC	AIPAC	Government	8	Transistor	53
71	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
72	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
73	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
74	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
75	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
76	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	82	Libsyn	63
77	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	85	Megaphone	38
78	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
79	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
80	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
81	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
82	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
83	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
84	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
85	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
86	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
87	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
88	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
89	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49
90	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
91	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	Guardian Mindset Podcast	Attorney Eric Daigle	Government	51	Castos	38
93	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
94	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
95	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
96	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	68	Podbean	43
97	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
98	Illinois Policy Podcast	Illinois Policy	Government	72	Megaphone	49
99	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
100	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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