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 Sep 2026

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09/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 407

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:42:48

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	439	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	29	Megaphone	48
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1920	Megaphone	53
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2690	Megaphone	38
8	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	38	Simplecast	79
9	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	248	Podetize	63
10	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
11	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
15	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	45	Omny Studio	52
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	907	RSS.com	42
17	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
25	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
28	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
29	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	308	Megaphone	63
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
32	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
33	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
34	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
35	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
36	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
37	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	317	Simplecast	73
38	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	88	Megaphone	38
39	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
40	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
41	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
42	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	917	Buzzsprout	63
43	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
44	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	235	Omny Studio	73
45	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
46	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
47	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1629	Unknown	43
48	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1094	Megaphone	48
49	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
50	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
51	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
52	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	748	Libsyn	37
53	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	51	Simplecast	79
54	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	237	StreamGuys	27
55	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
56	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
57	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
58	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
59	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
60	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	573	Podbean	32
61	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
62	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
63	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
64	Good Government Show	Valley Park Productions	Government	100	Libsyn	63
65	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
66	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	52	Megaphone	38
67	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
68	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	84	Libsyn	58
69	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
70	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
71	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	724	Unknown	43
72	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	724	Captivate	53
73	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	307	RSS.com	52
74	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
75	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	254	Acast	69
76	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
77	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
78	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	198	PRX	59
79	The Ray Stevens Show	Ray Stevens \| CMLS Chicago	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
80	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
81	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	68	Libsyn	63
82	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	14	Buzzsprout	68
83	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	48	Megaphone	48
84	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
85	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	825	Libsyn	27
86	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	64	Substack	43
87	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	25	Simplecast	58
88	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	47	Audioboom	58
89	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
90	Inside the Business of Government	Baroni Center for Government Contracting	Government	4	Podbean	47
91	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	529	Libsyn	58
92	USAREUR-AF News Brief	U.S. Army Europe and Africa	Government	76	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
95	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	144	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
97	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	265	Acast	94
98	The Weekly Break Out	Breaking Defense	Government	53	Libsyn	38
99	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
100	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58

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