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 avr. 2026

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04/25/2026

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Episodes: 371

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:47

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Podbean (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
3	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
4	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
10	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
17	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
18	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
22	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
23	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
24	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
25	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
26	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
27	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
29	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
30	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
31	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
33	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
34	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
35	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
36	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
37	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
38	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
39	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
40	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
41	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
42	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
43	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
44	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
45	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
46	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
47	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
48	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
49	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
50	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
51	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
52	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
53	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
54	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
55	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
56	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
57	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
58	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
59	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
60	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
61	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
62	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
63	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
64	Governance Matters	governancematterspodcast	Government	2	Podbean	73
65	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
66	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
67	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
68	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
69	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
70	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
71	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
72	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
73	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
74	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
75	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
76	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
77	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	68	Podbean	43
78	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
79	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
80	All Source Podcast	INSA	Government	10	Buzzsprout	68
81	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
82	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
83	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
84	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
85	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
86	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
87	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
88	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
89	Case By Case: A Legal Podcast	Klare Marie Essad	Government	40	Libsyn	47
90	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
91	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
92	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
93	The 80 Million Podcast	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP	Government	8	Podbean	58
94	Texas Talks	Texas Talks	Government	121	Simplecast	53
95	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
96	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
97	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
98	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
99	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
100	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48

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