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 25 mars 2026

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03/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 385

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:45

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (6 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

4. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (29 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Omny Studio (7 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (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 Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
9	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
12	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
16	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
20	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
24	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
27	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
28	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
29	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
30	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
31	The Pod Couple	Problem Solvers Caucus	Government	2	RSS.com	58
32	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
33	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
34	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
35	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
36	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
37	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
38	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
39	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
41	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
43	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
44	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
45	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
46	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
47	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
48	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
49	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
50	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
51	The Leatherhead Experience	Suncoast Professional Firefighters and Paramedics, IAFF Local 2546	Government	1	N/A	N/A
52	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
53	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
54	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
55	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
56	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
57	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
58	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
59	Liberal Tears	Chris and Hailey	Government	12	PodServe.fm	49
60	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
61	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
62	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
63	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
64	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
65	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
66	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
67	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
68	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
69	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
70	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
71	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
72	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
73	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
74	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
75	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
76	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
77	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
78	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
79	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
80	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
81	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
82	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
83	Building Connections, The ULI Charlotte Podcast	Queen City Podcast Network	Government	11	Megaphone	38
84	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
85	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
86	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
87	Audio Briefs	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	1465	Megaphone	43
88	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
89	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
90	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
91	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
92	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
93	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
94	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
95	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
96	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
97	The Benjamin Anthony Show from the MirYam Institute	The MirYam Institute	Government	241	Buzzsprout	62
98	U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Announcements	Oyez	Government & Organizations	79	Unknown	32
99	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
100	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32

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