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 Jun 2026

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06/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 389

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:32

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. Colorado Public Radio (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Podbean (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
8	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
10	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
11	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
12	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	49	Simplecast	79
13	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
17	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
18	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	921	RSS.com	42
21	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
22	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
23	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
30	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
31	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
32	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
33	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
34	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
35	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
36	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
37	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
38	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
39	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
40	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
41	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
42	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
43	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
44	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	938	Megaphone	38
45	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
46	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
47	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
48	Who's Gonna Govern?	Colorado Public Radio	Government	39	PRX	54
49	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
50	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
51	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
52	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
53	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
54	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
55	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
56	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
57	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
58	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
59	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
60	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
61	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
62	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
63	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
64	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
65	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
66	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1115	Megaphone	48
67	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
68	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
69	Military Retirement Podcast	w/ John McConnell and Victor De La Flor	Government	138	Spotify for Podcasters	47
70	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
71	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
72	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
73	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	94	Simplecast	52
74	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
75	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	13	BBC	22
76	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
77	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
78	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	27
79	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
80	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
81	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
82	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	381	Unknown	43
83	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
84	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
85	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
86	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
87	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
88	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
89	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
90	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
91	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
93	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
94	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
95	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
96	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
97	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
98	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
99	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
100	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Government & Organizations	46	Podbean	37

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