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: 378

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:45:55

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

5. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (27 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Podbean (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	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
8	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
9	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
10	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
17	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
18	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	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	166	Podbean	31
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
28	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
31	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
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	251	Simplecast	73
35	The Pod Couple	Problem Solvers Caucus	Government	2	RSS.com	58
36	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
37	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	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	368	Megaphone	43
41	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
43	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
44	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
45	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
46	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
47	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
48	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	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	50	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	723	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	466	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	304	Megaphone	63
60	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	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	47	Megaphone	48
65	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
66	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
67	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
68	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
69	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
70	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
71	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
72	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
73	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	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	822	Libsyn	27
77	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
78	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
79	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	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	241	Buzzsprout	62
83	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	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	120	N/A	N/A
88	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
89	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
90	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	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	38	Podbean	37
95	Political Playlist Happy Hour	Political Playlist	Government	231	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
97	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	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	410	Megaphone	49

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