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 24 Mar 2026

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03/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 385

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:45:22

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. Official FBI (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
6	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
8	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
9	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
13	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
16	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
17	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
20	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
22	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
23	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
26	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
27	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
28	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
31	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
32	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
33	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
34	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
35	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
36	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
37	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
38	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
39	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
40	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
41	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
42	Liberal Tears	Chris and Hailey	Government	12	PodServe.fm	49
43	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
44	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
45	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
46	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
47	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
48	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
49	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
50	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
51	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
52	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
53	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
54	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
55	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
56	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	47
57	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
58	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
59	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
60	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
61	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1116	Megaphone	48
62	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
63	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
64	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
65	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
66	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
67	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
68	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	27	Megaphone	48
69	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
70	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
71	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
72	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
73	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
74	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
75	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
76	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
77	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	316	RSS.com	52
78	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
79	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
80	The Overton Window	Mackinac Center for Public Policy	Government	143	Unknown	38
81	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
82	Audio Briefs	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	1465	Megaphone	43
83	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
84	The Benjamin Anthony Show from the MirYam Institute	The MirYam Institute	Government	257	Buzzsprout	62
85	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
86	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
87	The Dictators	The Real Truth Not Fake Media	Government	15	Spotify for Podcasters	32
88	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
89	Data for the People!	Data Foundation	Government	4	Buzzsprout	83
90	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	180	Buzzsprout	68
91	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1663	Unknown	43
92	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	381	Unknown	43
93	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
94	Cyber Focus: Cybersecurity, National Security, and Critical Infrastructure	Frank Cilluffo / McCrary Institute	Government	2	Libsyn	52
95	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
96	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
97	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
98	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
99	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	94	Simplecast	52
100	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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