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 Oct 2026

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10/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 403

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:42:27

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (6 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. Central Intelligence Agency (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Unknown (6 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 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	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2756	Megaphone	38
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1964	Megaphone	53
9	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
10	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
11	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
12	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	48	Simplecast	79
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
15	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	155	Megaphone	48
17	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	935	Buzzsprout	63
18	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
19	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
21	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
22	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
24	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
25	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
26	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
30	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
31	Acquisition Talk	Eric Lofgren	Government	167	Soundcloud	43
32	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1983	BBC	43
33	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
34	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
35	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
36	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
37	Fixate Today, Gone Tomorrow	Fixate Today, Gone Tomorrow	Government	120	Zencastr	42
38	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
39	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
41	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
42	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
43	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1114	Megaphone	48
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	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
46	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
47	The Jacob Shapiro Podcast	Jacob Shapiro	Government	350	Captivate	68
48	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
49	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
50	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
51	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
52	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
53	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
54	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	56	Simplecast	79
55	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1657	Unknown	43
56	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
57	Big Take, Midterms 2026	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	8	Omny Studio	48
58	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
59	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	316	Megaphone	63
60	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	936	Megaphone	38
61	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
62	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
63	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
64	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
65	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	97	Podbean	43
66	Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)	Government	18	Buzzsprout	27
67	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	63	Libsyn	38
68	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	92	Megaphone	38
69	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
71	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	1014	StreamGuys	38
72	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
73	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
74	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
75	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
76	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
77	The 80 Million Podcast	The 80 Million	Government	11	Substack	53
78	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
79	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	241	StreamGuys	27
80	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	325	Simplecast	73
81	Unreasonable Expectations: A 4th Amendment Podcast	James O. Ruane	Government	18	Transistor	52
83	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
84	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	542	Libsyn	58
85	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
86	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
87	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
88	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	752	Libsyn	37
89	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	380	Unknown	43
90	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
91	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
92	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
93	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
94	The Agenda with the Missoula County Commissioners	Missoula County Commissioners	Government	134	Buzzsprout	37
95	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
96	Regularly Speaking	Public Powered Policy	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
98	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	108	Buzzsprout	63
99	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	241	Buzzsprout	83
100	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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