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 Aug 2026

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08/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 366

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:44:08

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

3. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Omny Studio (12 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
3	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
10	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
11	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
12	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	49	Simplecast	79
13	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
15	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	921	RSS.com	42
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
19	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
20	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
23	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
24	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
30	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
31	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
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	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	938	Megaphone	38
34	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
35	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	20	Buzzsprout	68
36	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
37	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
38	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
39	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
40	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
41	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
42	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1115	Megaphone	48
43	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
44	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
46	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
47	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
48	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
49	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
50	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
51	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
52	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
53	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	13	BBC	22
54	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
55	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
56	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
57	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
58	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
59	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
60	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
61	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
62	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
63	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	316	RSS.com	52
64	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
65	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
66	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
67	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
68	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
69	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
70	Medicaid Leadership Exchange	Center for Health Care Strategies and the National Association of Medicaid Directors	Government	28	Blubrry Podcasting	48
71	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
72	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
73	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	752	Libsyn	37
74	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
75	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
76	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
77	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
78	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
79	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
80	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
81	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
82	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
83	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
84	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
85	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
86	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
87	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
88	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
89	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
90	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
91	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
92	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
93	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
94	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
95	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
96	Thinking Inside the Box - The Gauntlet	Fort Irwin Operations Group	Government & Organizations	40	Unknown	42
97	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
98	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
99	New China Literacy	Yaqi Li	Government	5	Substack	53
100	Law Report	ABC Australia	Government	250	ABC Australia	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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