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 Oct 2026

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10/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 394

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:42:21

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (7 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. Cato Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
3	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
7	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2756	Megaphone	38
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1964	Megaphone	53
10	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	48	Simplecast	79
11	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
13	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
14	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
15	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
16	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
19	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	935	Buzzsprout	63
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	155	Megaphone	48
21	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
23	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
24	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
25	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1983	BBC	43
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
27	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
28	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
29	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
30	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
32	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
33	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
34	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
35	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
36	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
37	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
38	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
39	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
40	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
41	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
42	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
43	Big Take, Midterms 2026	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	8	Omny Studio	48
44	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	316	Megaphone	63
45	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
46	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
47	The Jacob Shapiro Podcast	Jacob Shapiro	Government	350	Captivate	68
48	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
49	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
50	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1114	Megaphone	48
51	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
52	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
53	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
54	The Economics Of It	Cato Institute	Government	1	Acast	63
55	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	92	Megaphone	38
56	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	56	Simplecast	79
57	Unreasonable Expectations: A 4th Amendment Podcast	James O. Ruane	Government	18	Transistor	52
58	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1657	Unknown	43
60	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
61	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
62	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
63	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
64	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
65	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
66	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	241	StreamGuys	27
67	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
68	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	316	RSS.com	52
69	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
70	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	36	Megaphone	37
71	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	752	Libsyn	37
72	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	936	Megaphone	38
73	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
74	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
75	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
76	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
77	The 80 Million Podcast	The 80 Million	Government	11	Substack	53
78	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
79	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
80	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
81	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
82	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
83	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
84	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
85	The LOGSTAT Video Podcast	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	0	Unknown	22
86	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
87	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	11	Simplecast	63
88	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
89	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	241	Buzzsprout	83
90	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
91	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	97	Podbean	43
92	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
93	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
94	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
95	Global Development Interrupted Podcast	The People, the Work, and What Was Lost When America Stepped Back	Government	32	Substack	42
96	Hale Institute Podcast	Hale Institute	Government	53	Podbean	42
97	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
98	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	416	Megaphone	49
99	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
100	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	729	Unknown	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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