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 Jul 2026

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07/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 376

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:45:50

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

3. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

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

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
5	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	49	Simplecast	79
6	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
7	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	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	2762	Megaphone	38
11	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	38	Megaphone	48
12	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
13	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	921	RSS.com	42
19	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
23	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
24	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
25	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
32	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
33	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
36	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
37	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
38	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1115	Megaphone	48
39	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
40	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
41	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
42	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
43	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
44	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
45	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
46	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
47	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
48	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
49	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
50	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
51	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
52	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
53	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
54	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
55	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
56	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
57	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
58	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
59	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
60	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
61	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
62	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	6	Unknown	53
63	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
64	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
65	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
66	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	94	Simplecast	52
67	Illinois Policy Podcast	Illinois Policy	Government	72	Megaphone	49
68	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
69	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
70	Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life	PolicyLink	Government	14	Omny Studio	58
71	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
72	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	168	Simplecast	48
73	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
74	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
75	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
76	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
77	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
78	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	316	RSS.com	52
79	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
80	Longmont City Council Recap	Longmont City Council Recap Team	Government	8	Substack	48
81	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
82	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
83	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
84	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
85	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	38
86	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
87	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	144	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
89	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
90	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
91	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	92	Megaphone	38
92	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
93	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
94	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	36	Megaphone	37
95	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
96	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
97	Politics As Unusual w/Molly Jong-Fast & Rick Wilson	Jesse Cannon	Government	1	Acast	58
98	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
99	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
100	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	216	Megaphone	49

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