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 27 Mar 2026

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03/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 388

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:45:25

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 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	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
8	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
10	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
11	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
12	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
15	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
16	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
20	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
23	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
24	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
25	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	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	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
32	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
33	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
34	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
35	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
36	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
37	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
38	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
39	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
40	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
41	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
42	The Pod Couple	Problem Solvers Caucus	Government	2	RSS.com	58
43	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
44	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
45	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
47	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
48	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
49	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
50	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
51	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
52	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
53	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
54	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
55	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
56	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
57	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
58	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
59	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
60	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
61	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
62	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
63	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
64	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
65	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
66	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
67	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
68	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	12	Megaphone	63
69	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
70	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
71	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
72	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
73	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1116	Megaphone	48
74	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
75	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
76	The Leatherhead Experience	Suncoast Professional Firefighters and Paramedics, IAFF Local 2546	Government	1	N/A	N/A
77	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	75	Captivate	63
78	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	47
79	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
80	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
81	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
82	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
83	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
84	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
85	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1663	Unknown	43
86	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
87	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
88	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
89	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	316	RSS.com	52
90	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	66	Unknown	27
91	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
92	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
93	The Hard Middle	BOC	Government	5	RSS.com	73
94	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
95	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
96	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	115	Megaphone	59
97	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
98	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
99	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
100	Texas Talks	Texas Talks	Government	121	Simplecast	53

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