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 Jul 2026

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07/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 364

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:45:21

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. Official FBI (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
8	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
9	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
10	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
11	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
12	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
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	43	Omny Studio	52
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
25	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
26	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
30	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
31	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
33	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
35	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
36	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
37	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
38	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
39	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
40	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
41	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	143	Spotify for Podcasters	28
42	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
43	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
44	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
45	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
46	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
47	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
48	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
49	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
50	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
51	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
52	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
53	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
54	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
55	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
56	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
57	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
58	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
59	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
60	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	5	Unknown	53
61	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
62	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
63	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
64	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
65	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
66	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
67	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
68	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
69	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
70	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	14	Substack	43
71	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
72	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
73	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
74	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
75	Political Thinking with Nick Robinson	BBC Radio 4	News	322	BBC	28
76	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	87	Megaphone	38
77	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
78	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
79	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
80	Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life	PolicyLink	Government	14	Omny Studio	58
81	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
82	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
83	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	166	Simplecast	48
84	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
85	The LOWDOWN	187th Fighter Wing	Government & Organizations	36	Unknown	48
87	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
88	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
89	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
90	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
91	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
92	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
93	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
94	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
95	Data-Smart City Pod	Data-Smart City Solutions	Government	96	Simplecast	58
96	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
97	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
98	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
99	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
100	Illinois Policy Podcast	Illinois Policy	Government	72	Megaphone	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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