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 Aug 2026

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08/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 377

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:56

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

3. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (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 (21 shows)

2. Unknown (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Podbean (8 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	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
9	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
10	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
11	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
12	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
21	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
24	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
25	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
26	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
27	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
28	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
29	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
30	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
31	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
34	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	129	Squarespace	63
35	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
36	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
37	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
38	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
39	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
40	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
41	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
42	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
43	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
44	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
45	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
46	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
48	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
49	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
50	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
51	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
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	Brave in the Bay - Indivisible Mid-Peninsula’s Podcast	Indivisible Mid-Peninsula	Government	19	Podbean	31
55	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
56	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
57	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
58	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
59	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	5	Unknown	53
60	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
61	Constitution Unlocked	Constitution Unlocked	Government	4	Buzzsprout	42
62	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
63	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
64	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
65	Administrative Remedies	Gwendolyn Savitz and Marc Roark	Government	39	RSS.com	68
66	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
67	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
68	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
69	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
70	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
71	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
72	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
73	Law Report	ABC Australia	Government	246	ABC Australia	38
74	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
75	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
76	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
77	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
78	The Quill & Sword	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	233	Unknown	43
79	Civil Rights for Civil Servants	Shaun Southworth and Lydia Taylor	Government	6	Captivate	58
80	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
81	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
82	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
83	The LOWDOWN	187th Fighter Wing	Government & Organizations	36	Unknown	48
84	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	292	Spreaker	49
85	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
86	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
87	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
88	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
89	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
90	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
91	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	87	Megaphone	38
92	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
93	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
94	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	14	Substack	43
95	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
96	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
97	"Project 2025 Read by Douglas Wayne Ricketts"	Douglas Ricketts	Government	33	RSS.com	47
98	Second Reading Podcast	Second Reading Podcast	Government	260	Unknown	38
99	Fully Involved Firefighting	Fully Involved Firefighting	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	68	Podbean	43

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