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 Jul 2026

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07/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 386

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 00:45:16

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

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

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

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Unknown (10 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
6	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
9	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
10	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
11	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
12	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
17	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
18	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
21	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
22	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
23	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
24	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
29	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
33	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
35	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
36	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
37	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
38	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
39	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
40	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
41	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
42	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
43	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
44	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
45	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
46	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
47	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
48	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
49	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
50	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
51	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
52	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
53	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
54	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
55	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
56	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
57	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
58	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	143	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
60	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
61	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
62	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
63	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
64	Political Thinking with Nick Robinson	BBC Radio 4	News	322	BBC	28
65	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
66	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
67	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
68	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
69	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
70	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
71	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
72	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
73	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
74	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
75	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
76	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
77	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
78	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
79	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	32
80	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
81	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	5	Unknown	53
82	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
83	Case By Case: A Legal Podcast	Klare Marie Essad	Government	40	Libsyn	47
84	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
85	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	87	Megaphone	38
86	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
87	In The Tank	The Heartland Institute	Government	193	Transistor	63
88	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
89	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
90	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	166	Simplecast	48
91	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
92	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
93	Live From America with Jeremy Herrell	Jeremy Herrell	Government	2147	RSS.com	32
94	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
95	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	237	Buzzsprout	83
96	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
97	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
98	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
99	The LOWDOWN	187th Fighter Wing	Government & Organizations	36	Unknown	48
100	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43

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