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 juil. 2026

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07/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 384

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:45:10

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

3. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
4	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
8	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
9	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
10	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
11	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
12	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
14	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
16	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
20	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
21	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
22	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
23	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
25	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
28	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
29	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
31	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
32	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
33	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
34	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
35	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
36	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
37	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
38	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
39	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
40	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
41	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
42	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
43	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
44	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
45	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
46	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
47	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
48	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
49	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
50	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
51	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
52	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
53	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	5	Unknown	53
54	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
55	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
56	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
57	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
58	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
59	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
60	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
61	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
62	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
63	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
64	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
65	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
66	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
67	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
68	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
69	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	14	Substack	43
70	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
71	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
72	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
73	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
74	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
75	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	292	Spreaker	49
76	Law for VA LEOs	E from UE	Government	135	Soundcloud	43
77	The LOWDOWN	187th Fighter Wing	Government & Organizations	36	Unknown	48
78	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
79	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
80	Wyoming Wildlife Podcast	Wyoming Game and Fish Department	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	22
81	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
82	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	87	Megaphone	38
84	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	143	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
86	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	166	Simplecast	48
87	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
88	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
89	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
90	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
91	The Asset	District Productive	Government	65	ART19	69
92	In Dissent	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
93	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
94	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
95	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
96	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
97	Political Thinking with Nick Robinson	BBC Radio 4	News	322	BBC	28
98	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
99	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
100	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48

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