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 Aug 2026

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08/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 381

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:45:50

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

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

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Podbean (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
8	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
9	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
12	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
13	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
18	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
25	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
28	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
29	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
30	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
31	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
32	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
34	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
35	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
36	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	129	Squarespace	63
37	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
38	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
39	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
40	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
41	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
42	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
43	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
44	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
45	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
46	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
47	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
48	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
49	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
50	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
51	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
52	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
53	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
54	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
55	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
56	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
57	Administrative Remedies	Gwendolyn Savitz and Marc Roark	Government	39	RSS.com	68
58	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
59	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
60	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
61	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
62	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
63	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
64	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
65	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
66	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
67	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	338	Substack	53
68	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
69	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
70	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
71	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
72	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
73	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
74	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
75	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
76	Law Report	ABC Australia	Government	246	ABC Australia	38
77	First Branch Forecast Podcast	Daniel Schuman, Chris Nehls	Government	6	Substack	32
78	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
79	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
80	Beyond the Gavel with Judge Ron Rangel	Judge Ron Rangel	Government	61	Spotify for Podcasters	22
81	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
82	Consider the Constitution	The Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution	Government	65	Buzzsprout	52
83	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	Government	197	Soundcloud	38
84	Civil Rights for Civil Servants	Shaun Southworth and Lydia Taylor	Government	6	Captivate	58
85	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
86	In the Making	Baratunde Thurston, Ashleigh Gardere, Michael McAfee	Government	9	Megaphone	43
87	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
88	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
89	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
90	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
91	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
92	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
93	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	292	Spreaker	49
94	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
95	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
96	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
97	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
98	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
99	"Project 2025 Read by Douglas Wayne Ricketts"	Douglas Ricketts	Government	33	RSS.com	47
100	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42

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