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 Sep 2026

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09/26/2026

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Episodes: 409

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:42:54

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

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

3. Cato Institute (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Unknown (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	439	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	430	RedCircle	58
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	38	Simplecast	79
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1935	Megaphone	53
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	38
8	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	248	Podetize	63
9	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	45	Omny Studio	52
10	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
11	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
12	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	29	Megaphone	48
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	908	RSS.com	42
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
20	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	47	Omny Studio	69
21	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
22	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
26	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
28	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
29	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	198	PRX	59
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
31	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	14	Buzzsprout	68
32	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
33	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
34	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
35	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
36	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	154	Buzzsprout	47
37	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	237	StreamGuys	27
38	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	917	Buzzsprout	63
39	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
40	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
41	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	131	Squarespace	63
42	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	317	Simplecast	73
43	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
44	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
45	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	88	Megaphone	38
46	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
47	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
48	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
49	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	308	Megaphone	63
50	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	915	Megaphone	38
51	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
52	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1697	Unknown	43
53	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	51	Simplecast	79
54	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
55	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
56	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	748	Libsyn	37
57	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
58	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
59	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
60	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
61	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
62	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
63	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	235	Omny Studio	73
64	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
65	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	307	RSS.com	52
66	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1094	Megaphone	48
67	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
68	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
69	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
70	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	194	Transistor	63
71	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	825	Libsyn	27
72	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
73	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	48	Megaphone	48
74	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
75	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	724	Unknown	43
76	The Cognitive Crucible	Information Professionals Association	Government	249	Libsyn	58
77	Unintended Consequences	Cato Institute	Government	27	Acast	54
78	Good Government Show	Valley Park Productions	Government	100	Libsyn	63
79	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
80	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	151	Unknown	49
81	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	179	Buzzsprout	68
82	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
83	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
84	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
85	Fronteras	Texas Public Radio	Government	39	Unknown	38
86	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
87	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
88	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	55	Buzzsprout	48
89	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	376	Unknown	43
90	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	254	Acast	69
91	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	573	Podbean	32
92	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
93	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	144	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	529	Libsyn	58
95	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
97	CuriosiD	WDET	Government	94	Unknown	43
98	The GOAL Podcast - Official Podcast of Gun Owners' Action League	GOAL	Government	185	Libsyn	47
99	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
100	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73

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