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 Jul 2026

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07/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 358

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:45:02

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

3. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

4. Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Unknown (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	433	Audioboom	63
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
6	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1898	Megaphone	53
10	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
11	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	150	Podetize	59
12	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	28	Libsyn	38
16	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
17	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
20	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
23	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
31	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
33	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
34	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
35	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
36	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
37	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
38	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
39	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	910	Buzzsprout	63
40	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
41	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
42	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
43	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
44	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
45	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
46	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	301	RSS.com	52
47	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
48	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
49	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
50	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
51	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
52	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
53	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
54	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	143	Spotify for Podcasters	28
55	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
56	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
57	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
58	Political Thinking with Nick Robinson	BBC Radio 4	News	322	BBC	28
59	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	9	BBC	22
60	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1084	Megaphone	48
61	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	367	Megaphone	43
62	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
63	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
64	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
65	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
66	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
67	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
68	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
69	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
70	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
71	The Asset	District Productive	Government	65	ART19	69
72	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	246	Podbean	42
73	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
74	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
75	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
76	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
77	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
78	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	5	Unknown	53
79	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	32
80	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
81	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
82	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
84	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	166	Simplecast	48
85	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
86	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
87	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	85	Megaphone	38
88	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
89	Philip Teresi	KMJ	Government	100	Omny Studio	48
90	In The Tank	The Heartland Institute	Government	193	Transistor	63
91	NucleCast	ANWA Deterrence Center	Government	282	RSS.com	62
92	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	12	Buzzsprout	68
93	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
94	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
95	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
96	The LOWDOWN	187th Fighter Wing	Government & Organizations	36	Unknown	48
97	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
98	Longmont City Council Recap	Longmont City Council Recap Team	Government	8	Substack	48
99	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
100	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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