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 Aug 2026

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08/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 364

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:42:32

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

3. Cato Institute (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Podbean (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
4	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
7	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
10	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
11	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
12	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
20	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
21	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
22	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
24	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
27	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
30	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
31	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
32	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
33	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
35	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
36	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
37	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
38	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
39	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
40	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
41	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
42	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
43	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
44	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
45	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
46	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
47	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
48	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
49	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
50	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
51	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
52	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
53	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
54	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
55	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
56	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
57	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
58	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
59	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
60	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
61	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
62	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
63	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
64	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
65	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
66	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
67	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
68	Our Curious Amalgam	American Bar Association	Government	396	Libsyn	68
69	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
70	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
71	Case By Case: A Legal Podcast	Klare Marie Essad	Government	40	Libsyn	47
72	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
73	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
74	Medicaid Leadership Exchange	Center for Health Care Strategies and the National Association of Medicaid Directors	Government	28	Blubrry Podcasting	48
75	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
76	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	292	Spreaker	49
77	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
78	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
79	Law Report	ABC Australia	Government	246	ABC Australia	38
80	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
81	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	338	Substack	53
82	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
83	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
84	Texas Matters	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
85	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
86	Thinking Inside the Box - The Gauntlet	Fort Irwin Operations Group	Government & Organizations	40	Unknown	42
87	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
88	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
89	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
90	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
91	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
92	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
93	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
94	The City of Tacoma Podcast Network	Media and Communications - City of Tacoma	Government	58	Podbean	41
95	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
96	Unintended Consequences	Cato Institute	Government	27	Acast	54
97	USAREUR-AF News Brief	U.S. Army Europe and Africa	Government	70	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
99	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
100	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64

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