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 Sep 2026

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09/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 374

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:59:40

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

3. Cato Institute (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	439	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
3	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	29	Megaphone	48
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2690	Megaphone	38
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1920	Megaphone	53
9	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	38	Simplecast	79
10	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	45	Omny Studio	52
11	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	248	Podetize	63
12	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
13	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	907	RSS.com	42
16	Rural Route Realities	James Brennan for USPS Rural Carriers	Government	1	Podbean	69
17	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
18	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
22	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
24	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
26	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
29	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
30	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	198	PRX	59
31	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1629	Unknown	43
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
35	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1094	Megaphone	48
36	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	154	Buzzsprout	47
37	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	237	StreamGuys	27
38	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
39	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
40	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	131	Squarespace	63
41	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	308	Megaphone	63
42	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
43	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
44	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
45	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
46	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
47	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
48	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	88	Megaphone	38
49	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	917	Buzzsprout	63
50	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	14	Buzzsprout	68
51	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
52	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
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 Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
55	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
56	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	317	Simplecast	73
57	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	307	RSS.com	52
58	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
59	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
60	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
61	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
62	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
63	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	51	Simplecast	79
64	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	748	Libsyn	37
65	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
66	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
67	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	48	Megaphone	48
68	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	412	Megaphone	49
69	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
70	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
71	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
72	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	825	Libsyn	27
73	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
74	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
75	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
76	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	52	Megaphone	38
77	The Veterans Disability Nexus	Leah Bucholz	Government	275	Transistor	68
78	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
79	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
80	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
81	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
82	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
83	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
84	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
85	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
86	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	235	Omny Studio	73
87	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
88	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	55	Buzzsprout	48
89	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
90	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
91	The Parliament	The Heritage Foundation	Government	11	Spreaker	59
92	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	529	Libsyn	58
93	Unintended Consequences	Cato Institute	Government	27	Acast	54
94	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
95	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	194	Transistor	63
96	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
98	Pandora's Box: The Fall of L.A.'s Sheriff	LAT Studios, Los Angeles Times	Government	7	Simplecast	68
99	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	32
100	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43

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