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 Aug 2026

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08/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 389

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:46

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
7	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
8	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
9	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
12	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
13	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
16	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
18	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
19	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
20	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
22	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
24	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
25	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
26	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
27	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
28	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	129	Squarespace	63
29	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
30	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
34	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
35	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
36	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
37	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
38	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
39	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
40	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
41	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
42	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
43	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
44	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
45	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
46	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
47	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
48	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
49	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
50	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
51	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
52	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
53	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
54	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
55	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
56	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
57	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
58	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
59	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
60	Civil Rights for Civil Servants	Shaun Southworth and Lydia Taylor	Government	6	Captivate	58
61	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
62	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
63	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
64	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
65	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
66	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
67	Constitution Unlocked	Constitution Unlocked	Government	4	Buzzsprout	42
68	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
69	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
70	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
71	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
72	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
73	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	14	Substack	43
74	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	338	Substack	53
75	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
76	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
77	First Branch Forecast Podcast	Daniel Schuman, Chris Nehls	Government	6	Substack	32
78	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
79	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
80	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
81	Our Curious Amalgam	American Bar Association	Government	396	Libsyn	68
82	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
83	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
84	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
85	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
86	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
87	The Quill & Sword	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	233	Unknown	43
88	"Project 2025 Read by Douglas Wayne Ricketts"	Douglas Ricketts	Government	33	RSS.com	47
89	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
90	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
91	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
92	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
93	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
94	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	292	Spreaker	49
95	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
96	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
97	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
98	Administrative Remedies	Gwendolyn Savitz and Marc Roark	Government	39	RSS.com	68
99	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	47	RSS.com	58
100	Guardian Mindset Podcast	Attorney Eric Daigle	Government	51	Castos	38

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