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 Oct 2026

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10/26/2026

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Episodes: 367

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:42:59

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (7 shows)

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

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Omny Studio (11 shows)

3. Unknown (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2753	Megaphone	38
5	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	250	Podetize	63
6	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1962	Megaphone	53
11	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
12	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	47	Simplecast	79
13	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
15	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
16	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
17	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	317	Megaphone	63
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	919	RSS.com	42
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	155	Megaphone	48
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
23	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
24	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
26	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
27	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
28	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
29	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1983	BBC	43
30	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
31	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
33	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
34	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
35	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
36	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
37	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
38	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
39	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
40	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
41	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
42	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	935	Buzzsprout	63
43	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	935	Megaphone	38
44	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
45	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
46	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
47	The Jacob Shapiro Podcast	Jacob Shapiro	Government	350	Captivate	68
48	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
49	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
50	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	241	StreamGuys	27
51	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1657	Unknown	43
52	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
53	The Economics Of It	Cato Institute	Government	1	Acast	63
54	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
55	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
56	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1113	Megaphone	48
57	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
58	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
59	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
60	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	752	Libsyn	37
62	Big Take, Midterms 2026	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	48
63	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
64	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
65	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	240	Buzzsprout	83
66	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
67	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
68	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	11	Simplecast	63
69	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
70	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
71	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
72	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
73	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	92	Megaphone	38
74	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
75	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	678	Libsyn	58
76	The 80 Million Podcast	The 80 Million	Government	10	Substack	53
77	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	325	Simplecast	73
78	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	316	Megaphone	63
79	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	56	Simplecast	79
80	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	36	Megaphone	37
81	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
82	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
83	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
84	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
85	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
86	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
87	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
88	Unreasonable Expectations: A 4th Amendment Podcast	James O. Ruane	Government	18	Transistor	52
89	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
90	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
91	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
92	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	380	Unknown	43
93	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
94	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
95	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
96	Administrative Remedies	Gwendolyn Savitz and Marc Roark	Government	45	RSS.com	78
97	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	97	Podbean	43
98	Global Development Interrupted Podcast	The People, the Work, and What Was Lost When America Stepped Back	Government	32	Substack	42
99	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	59	Megaphone	38
100	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	416	Megaphone	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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