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 Apr 2026

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04/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 363

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:43:22

Top 5 authors

1. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Podbean (10 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
3	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
10	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
17	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
18	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
19	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
20	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
22	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
23	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
25	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
26	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
27	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
28	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
30	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
31	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
32	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
33	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
34	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
35	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
36	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
37	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
38	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
39	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
40	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
41	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
42	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
43	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
44	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
45	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
46	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
48	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
49	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
50	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
51	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
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	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
54	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
55	Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)	Government	12	Buzzsprout	27
56	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
57	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
58	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
59	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
60	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
61	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	53	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
63	Case By Case: A Legal Podcast	Klare Marie Essad	Government	40	Libsyn	47
64	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
65	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
66	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
67	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
68	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
69	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
70	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
71	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
72	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
73	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
74	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
75	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
76	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
77	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
78	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
79	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
80	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
81	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
82	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
83	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
84	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
85	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
86	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
87	Wheel Talk: Navigating the Future of Bay Area Transit	San Mateo County Transit District	Government	13	Buzzsprout	38
88	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
89	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
90	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
91	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
92	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
93	The Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife	Government	292	Soundcloud	38
94	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
95	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
96	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
97	Governance Matters	governancematterspodcast	Government	2	Podbean	73
98	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
99	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
100	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63

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