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 Aug 2026

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08/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 384

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:31

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

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

3. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

4. Official FBI (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
3	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
9	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
10	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
11	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
12	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
13	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
17	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
19	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
20	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
22	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
24	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
25	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
30	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
31	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
32	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
33	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
34	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
35	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
36	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
38	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
39	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
40	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
41	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
42	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
43	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
44	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
45	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
46	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
47	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
48	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
49	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
50	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
51	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
52	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
53	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
54	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
55	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
56	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
57	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
58	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
59	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
60	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
61	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
62	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
63	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
64	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
65	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
66	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	143	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
68	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
69	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
70	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
71	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
72	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
73	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
74	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
75	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
76	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
77	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
78	DSR: Politics and Law	The DSR Network	Government	33	Megaphone	43
79	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
80	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	338	Substack	53
81	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
82	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
83	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
84	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
85	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
86	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
87	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
88	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
89	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
90	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	721	Captivate	53
91	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
92	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
93	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
94	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	Government	197	Soundcloud	38
95	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
96	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
97	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
98	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
99	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
100	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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