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 Jul 2026

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07/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 359

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 00:46:12

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

3. Official FBI (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Podbean (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	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
6	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
7	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
8	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
9	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
10	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
11	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
12	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
17	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
18	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
19	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
22	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
23	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
24	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
25	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
26	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
29	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
30	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
35	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
37	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
38	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
40	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
41	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
42	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
43	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
44	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
45	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
46	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
47	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
48	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
49	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
50	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
51	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
52	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
53	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
54	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
55	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
56	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	14	Substack	43
57	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
58	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
59	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
60	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
61	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
62	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
63	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
64	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	143	Spotify for Podcasters	28
65	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
66	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
67	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
68	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
69	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
70	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
72	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
73	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
74	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	166	Simplecast	48
75	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
76	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
77	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
78	The LOWDOWN	187th Fighter Wing	Government & Organizations	36	Unknown	48
79	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	87	Megaphone	38
80	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	238	Buzzsprout	83
81	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
82	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
83	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	5	Unknown	53
84	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
85	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
86	Political Thinking with Nick Robinson	BBC Radio 4	News	322	BBC	28
87	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
88	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
89	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
90	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
91	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
92	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
93	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
94	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	292	Spreaker	49
95	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
96	Power & Politics	WRGB CBS6, Power And Politics, Tom Eschen	Government	203	Megaphone	64
97	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
98	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
99	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
100	CitiesSpeak With Clarence Anthony	National League of Cities	Government	86	Buzzsprout	42

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