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 28 Mar 2026

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03/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 372

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:23

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
8	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
9	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
11	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
12	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
16	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
19	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
20	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
23	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
24	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
27	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
28	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
29	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
31	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
32	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
33	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
34	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
35	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
36	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
37	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
38	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
40	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
41	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
42	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
43	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
44	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
45	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
46	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
47	The Pod Couple	Problem Solvers Caucus	Government	2	RSS.com	58
48	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
49	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
50	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
51	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
52	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
53	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
54	The Election Trust Research Podcast	UC San Diego Center for Transparent and Trusted Elections	Government	5	Libsyn	58
55	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
56	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
57	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
58	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
59	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
60	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
61	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
62	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
63	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
64	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
65	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
66	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
67	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
68	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
69	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
70	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
71	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
72	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
73	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
74	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
75	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
76	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
77	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
78	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
79	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
80	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
81	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
82	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
83	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
84	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
85	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
86	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
87	The Voting Booth	AEI Podcasts	Government	61	Captivate	48
88	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
89	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
90	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
91	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
92	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
93	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
94	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
95	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
96	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
97	"Project 2025 Read by Douglas Wayne Ricketts"	Douglas Ricketts	Government	33	RSS.com	47
98	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
99	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
100	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48

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