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 Oct 2026

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10/24/2026

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Episodes: 403

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:41:31

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Cato Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2753	Megaphone	38
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
6	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1962	Megaphone	53
10	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	47	Simplecast	79
11	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
12	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
13	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
14	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
17	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	155	Megaphone	48
18	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
19	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
20	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
21	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
22	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	919	RSS.com	42
24	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
26	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	317	Megaphone	63
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
29	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
30	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
31	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
33	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1983	BBC	43
34	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
35	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
37	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
38	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1113	Megaphone	48
39	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
40	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
41	The Economics Of It	Cato Institute	Government	1	Acast	63
42	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	936	Megaphone	38
43	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
44	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
45	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	935	Buzzsprout	63
46	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	54	Unknown	27
47	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	325	Simplecast	73
48	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
49	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
50	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
51	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
52	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
53	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
54	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	241	StreamGuys	27
55	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
56	Unreasonable Expectations: A 4th Amendment Podcast	James O. Ruane	Government	18	Transistor	52
57	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	56	Simplecast	79
58	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	316	Megaphone	63
59	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
60	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
61	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
62	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	678	Libsyn	58
63	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
64	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1725	Unknown	43
65	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	316	RSS.com	52
66	The 80 Million Podcast	The 80 Million	Government	10	Substack	53
67	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
68	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	58	Buzzsprout	48
69	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
70	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	215	Simplecast	59
71	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	1012	StreamGuys	38
72	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
73	Medicaid Leadership Exchange	Center for Health Care Strategies and the National Association of Medicaid Directors	Government	28	Blubrry Podcasting	48
74	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
75	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
76	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
77	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
78	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	380	Unknown	43
79	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
80	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	729	Unknown	43
81	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
82	From the Source with Wade Crowfoot	California Natural Resources Agency	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	32
83	Not My Narrative	Straw Hut Media	Government	3	Megaphone	53
84	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
85	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
86	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
87	Municipal Matters	City of Henderson, KY	Government	18	Buzzsprout	58
88	Administrative Remedies	Gwendolyn Savitz and Marc Roark	Government	45	RSS.com	78
90	Global Development Interrupted Podcast	The People, the Work, and What Was Lost When America Stepped Back	Government	32	Substack	42
91	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	541	Libsyn	63
92	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
93	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
94	Cyber Focus: Cybersecurity, National Security, and Critical Infrastructure	Frank Cilluffo / McCrary Institute	Government	2	Libsyn	52
95	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
96	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
97	Second Reading Podcast	Second Reading Podcast	Government	268	Unknown	38
98	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	93	Simplecast	52
99	The FAR is Lava	Ben and Will	Government	7	Buzzsprout	48
100	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	577	Podbean	32

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