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 Jun 2026

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06/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 375

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:01

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

3. Colorado Public Radio (2 shows)

4. Official FBI (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
8	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
9	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
11	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
14	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
17	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
19	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
20	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
21	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
22	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
24	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
25	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
28	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
29	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
30	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
31	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
33	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
34	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
35	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
36	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
37	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
38	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
39	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
40	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
41	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
42	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
43	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
44	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
45	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
46	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
47	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
48	Military Retirement Podcast	w/ John McConnell and Victor De La Flor	Government	135	Spotify for Podcasters	47
49	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
50	Who's Gonna Govern?	Colorado Public Radio	Government	39	PRX	54
51	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
52	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
53	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
54	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
55	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
56	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
57	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
58	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
59	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
60	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
61	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
62	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
63	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
64	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
65	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
66	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
67	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
68	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
69	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
70	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
71	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
72	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
73	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
74	In the Making	Baratunde Thurston, Ashleigh Gardere, Michael McAfee	Government	9	Megaphone	43
75	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
76	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
77	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
78	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
79	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
80	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
81	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
82	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
83	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Government & Organizations	46	Podbean	37
84	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
86	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
87	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
88	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
89	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
90	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
91	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
92	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
93	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
94	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	20	Captivate	48
95	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
96	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
97	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
98	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
99	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
100	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43

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