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 Jun 2026

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06/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 387

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:03

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Unknown (7 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	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2759	Megaphone	38
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1966	Megaphone	53
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	478	Podbean	68
8	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	48	Simplecast	79
9	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
11	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
12	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
13	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
17	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
18	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
19	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
20	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
21	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
24	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
31	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
32	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
33	Military Retirement Podcast	w/ John McConnell and Victor De La Flor	Government	138	Spotify for Podcasters	47
34	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
35	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
36	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
37	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
38	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
39	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
40	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
41	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
42	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	936	Buzzsprout	63
43	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
44	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
45	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
46	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
47	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
48	Who's Gonna Govern?	Colorado Public Radio	Government	39	PRX	54
49	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
50	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
51	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
52	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
53	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
54	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
55	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
56	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
57	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
58	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
59	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
60	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
61	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
62	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
63	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
64	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
65	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
66	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
67	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	937	Megaphone	38
68	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
69	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
70	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
71	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
72	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
73	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
74	The Thin Line w/ Imran Ali	The Thin Line Podcast	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	22
75	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
76	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
77	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
78	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
79	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
80	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
81	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1115	Megaphone	48
82	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
83	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
84	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
85	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
86	Civil Rights for Civil Servants	Shaun Southworth and Lydia Taylor	Government	7	Captivate	58
87	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
88	USAREUR-AF News Brief	U.S. Army Europe and Africa	Government	76	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
90	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	73	Zencastr	32
91	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	5	Unknown	52
92	Law for VA LEOs	E from UE	Government	135	Soundcloud	43
93	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
94	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
95	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
96	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
97	The 80 Million Podcast	The 80 Million	Government	11	Substack	53
98	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
99	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	729	Unknown	43
100	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48

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