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 29 Mar 2026

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03/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 387

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:55

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2774	Megaphone	38
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	1976	Megaphone	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
7	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
9	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
13	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
14	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
15	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	15	Omny Studio	63
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
17	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
18	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
19	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
20	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
21	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
22	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
23	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
27	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
28	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
30	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
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	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
34	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
35	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
36	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
37	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
40	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
41	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
42	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
43	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
44	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
45	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
46	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
47	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
48	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
49	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
50	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
51	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1663	Unknown	43
52	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
53	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
54	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
55	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
56	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
57	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
58	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
59	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	21	Spotify for Podcasters	47
60	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
61	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
62	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	942	Megaphone	38
64	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
65	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	941	Buzzsprout	63
66	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
67	The Pod Couple	Problem Solvers Caucus	Government	2	RSS.com	58
68	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
69	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
70	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
71	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
73	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	12	Megaphone	63
74	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
75	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
76	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
77	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
78	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	327	Podbean	38
79	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
80	The Election Trust Research Podcast	UC San Diego Center for Transparent and Trusted Elections	Government	5	Libsyn	58
81	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
82	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
83	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
84	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
85	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
86	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
87	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
88	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
89	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
90	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
91	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
92	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
93	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
94	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
95	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
96	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
97	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
98	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	32	Simplecast	58
99	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
100	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49

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