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 avr. 2026

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04/27/2026

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Episodes: 367

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:43:35

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
3	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
10	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
13	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
15	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
17	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
22	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
23	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
24	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
25	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
26	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
27	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
29	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
30	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
31	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
35	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
36	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
37	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
38	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
39	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	20	Captivate	48
40	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
41	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
42	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
43	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
44	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
45	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
46	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
47	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
48	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
49	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
50	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
51	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
52	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
53	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
54	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
55	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
56	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
57	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
58	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
59	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
60	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
61	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
62	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
64	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
65	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
66	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
67	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
68	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
69	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
70	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
71	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
72	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
73	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
74	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	313	Simplecast	73
75	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
76	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
77	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
78	Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)	Government	12	Buzzsprout	27
79	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
80	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
81	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
82	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
83	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	52	Spotify for Podcasters	43
84	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
85	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
86	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
87	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
88	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
89	Case By Case: A Legal Podcast	Klare Marie Essad	Government	40	Libsyn	47
90	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	44	RSS.com	42
91	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
92	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1735	Libsyn	43
93	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
94	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	45	Audioboom	58
95	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
96	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
97	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
98	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
99	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
100	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49

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