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 May 2026

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05/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 370

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:45:28

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. Free Law Project (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Unknown (9 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
10	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
12	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
13	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
18	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
19	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
22	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
23	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
26	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
27	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
30	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
31	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
32	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
33	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
34	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
35	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
36	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
37	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
40	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
41	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
42	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
43	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
44	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
45	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
46	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
47	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
48	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
49	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
50	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
51	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
52	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
53	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
54	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
55	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
56	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
57	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
58	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	313	Simplecast	73
59	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
60	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
61	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
62	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
63	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
64	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
65	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
66	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
67	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
68	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	20	Captivate	48
69	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
70	Ray Appleton	KMJ Now \| Cumulus Media Fresno	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
71	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
72	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
73	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
74	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	44	RSS.com	42
75	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
76	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
77	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
78	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
79	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
80	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
81	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
82	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
83	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	21	Unknown	38
84	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
85	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
86	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
87	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
88	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
89	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
90	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
91	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
92	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
93	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
94	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	82	Libsyn	63
95	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
96	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
97	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
98	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
99	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
100	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54

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