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 juin 2026

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06/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 378

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:51

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
6	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
9	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
10	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
11	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
12	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	Military Retirement Podcast	w/ John McConnell and Victor De La Flor	Government	135	Spotify for Podcasters	47
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
17	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
18	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
19	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
20	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
23	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
25	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
29	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
32	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
33	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
34	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
35	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
36	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
37	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
38	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
40	Civil Rights for Civil Servants	Shaun Southworth and Lydia Taylor	Government	6	Captivate	58
41	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
42	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
43	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
44	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
45	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
46	The Thin Line w/ Imran Ali	The Thin Line Podcast	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	22
47	Who's Gonna Govern?	Colorado Public Radio	Government	39	PRX	54
48	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
49	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
50	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
51	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
52	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
53	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
54	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
55	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
56	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
57	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
58	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
59	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
60	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
61	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
62	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
63	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
64	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
65	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
66	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
67	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
68	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
69	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
70	Cap Chat Texas	Stephanie Chiarello, David Mintz	Government	31	Simplecast	63
71	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
72	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
73	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
74	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
75	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
76	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
77	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
78	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
79	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	14	Substack	43
80	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
81	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
82	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
83	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
84	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
85	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	19	Buzzsprout	38
86	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
87	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
88	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
89	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
90	Space Strategy	Space Pod	Government	62	Spotify for Podcasters	43
91	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
92	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
93	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
94	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
96	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
97	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
98	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
99	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
100	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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