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 26 Mar 2026

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03/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 394

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:46:05

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
8	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
9	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
10	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
12	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
17	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
18	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
20	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
28	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
32	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
33	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
34	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
35	The Pod Couple	Problem Solvers Caucus	Government	2	RSS.com	58
36	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
37	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
38	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
39	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
40	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
41	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
43	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
44	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
45	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
46	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
47	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
48	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
49	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
50	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
51	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
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	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
54	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
55	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
56	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
57	The Leatherhead Experience	Suncoast Professional Firefighters and Paramedics, IAFF Local 2546	Government	1	N/A	N/A
58	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
59	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
60	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
61	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
62	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
63	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
64	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
65	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
66	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
67	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
68	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
69	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
70	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
71	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1116	Megaphone	48
72	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1663	Unknown	43
73	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
74	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
75	Liberal Tears	Chris and Hailey	Government	12	PodServe.fm	49
76	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
77	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
78	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
79	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	47
80	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
81	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
82	The Benjamin Anthony Show from the MirYam Institute	The MirYam Institute	Government	257	Buzzsprout	62
83	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
84	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
85	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
86	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
87	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
88	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
89	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
90	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	27	Megaphone	48
91	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
92	California MCLE Podcast	TalksOnLaw	Government	58	Blubrry	48
93	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
94	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
95	Political Playlist Happy Hour	Political Playlist	Government	231	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
97	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
98	Your Mountain	David Willms, Mike McGrady and Nephi Cole	Sports	221	Libsyn	53
99	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
100	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	417	Megaphone	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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