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 Oct 2026

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10/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 388

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:51:50

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. Cato Institute (2 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Acast (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
5	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
6	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2747	Megaphone	38
8	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
9	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	35	Megaphone	48
10	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
11	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	46	Simplecast	79
12	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1958	Megaphone	53
13	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
15	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	386	Megaphone	53
18	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
19	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
20	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	316	Megaphone	63
21	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	918	RSS.com	42
24	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
25	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
26	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	273	Libsyn	58
30	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1111	Megaphone	48
31	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
32	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
33	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
34	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
35	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
37	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
38	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
39	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
41	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
42	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
43	Unreasonable Expectations: A 4th Amendment Podcast	James O. Ruane	Government	17	Transistor	52
44	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1981	BBC	43
45	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
46	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	200	PRX	59
47	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
48	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	678	Libsyn	58
49	The 80 Million Podcast	The 80 Million	Government	10	Substack	53
50	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
51	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	933	Megaphone	38
52	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
53	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
54	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
55	The Economics Of It	Cato Institute	Government	1	Acast	63
56	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1655	Unknown	43
57	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
58	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	324	Simplecast	73
60	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	934	Buzzsprout	63
61	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
62	Administrative Remedies	Gwendolyn Savitz and Marc Roark	Government	45	RSS.com	78
63	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
64	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
65	Not My Narrative	Straw Hut Media	Government	3	Megaphone	53
66	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
67	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	5	Unknown	52
68	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
69	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
70	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
71	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
72	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
73	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	258	Acast	69
74	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
75	Cyber Focus: Cybersecurity, National Security, and Critical Infrastructure	Frank Cilluffo / McCrary Institute	Government	2	Libsyn	52
76	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
77	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
78	First Branch Forecast Podcast	Daniel Schuman, Chris Nehls	Government	8	Substack	32
79	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	75	Captivate	63
80	Guardian Mindset Podcast	Attorney Eric Daigle	Government	51	Castos	38
81	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	268	Acast	94
82	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	210	Unknown	58
83	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
84	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
85	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	240	Buzzsprout	83
86	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
87	Global Development Interrupted Podcast	The People, the Work, and What Was Lost When America Stepped Back	Government	32	Substack	42
88	Resources Radio	Resources for the Future	Government	399	Soundcloud	53
89	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	55	Simplecast	79
90	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
91	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	19	Buzzsprout	68
92	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	4	Podbean	63
93	The Capitol Forum	The Capitol Forum	Government	161	PRX	53
94	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
95	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
96	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	215	Simplecast	59
97	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	95	Megaphone	59
98	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
99	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	72	Libsyn	63
100	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	241	StreamGuys	27

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