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 avr. 2026

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04/29/2026

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Episodes: 385

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:35

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Podbean (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
10	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
16	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
17	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
20	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
22	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
25	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
27	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
28	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
29	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
30	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
31	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
35	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
36	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
37	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
38	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
39	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
40	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
41	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
42	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
43	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
44	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
45	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
46	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
47	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
48	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
49	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
50	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
51	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
52	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
53	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
54	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
55	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
56	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
57	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
58	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
59	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
60	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
61	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
62	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
64	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
65	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
66	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
67	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
68	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
69	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
70	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
71	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
72	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
73	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
74	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
75	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
76	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
77	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
78	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
79	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
80	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
81	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
82	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
83	Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)	Government	12	Buzzsprout	27
84	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
85	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
86	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
87	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
88	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
89	Unlocking California Politics	C.A.R. podcast	Government	30	Soundcloud	43
90	Criminal Law Department Presents	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
91	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
92	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
93	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
94	The United States Constitution	The U.S. Constitution	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	Case By Case: A Legal Podcast	Klare Marie Essad	Government	40	Libsyn	47
96	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
97	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
98	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
99	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
100	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32

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