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 août 2026

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08/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 362

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:35

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Podbean (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
12	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
13	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
15	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
18	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
20	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
21	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
26	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
27	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
32	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
33	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
34	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
35	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
37	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
38	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
39	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
40	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
41	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	129	Squarespace	63
42	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
43	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
44	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
45	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
46	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
47	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
48	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
49	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
50	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
51	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
52	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
53	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
54	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
55	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
56	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
57	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
58	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
59	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
60	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
61	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
62	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
63	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	68	Podbean	43
64	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
65	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
66	Fixate Today, Gone Tomorrow	Fixate Today, Gone Tomorrow	Government	113	Zencastr	42
67	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
68	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
69	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	5	Unknown	53
70	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	302	RSS.com	52
71	Constitution Unlocked	Constitution Unlocked	Government	4	Buzzsprout	42
72	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
73	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
74	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
75	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
76	56: A Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Podcast	Pinellas County Sheriff's Office	Government	31	RSS.com	47
77	The Frank Figliuzzi Show	Lincoln Square	Government	2	Megaphone	43
78	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
79	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
80	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	292	Spreaker	49
81	Law Report	ABC Australia	Government	246	ABC Australia	38
82	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	29	Simplecast	58
83	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
84	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
85	The LOWDOWN	187th Fighter Wing	Government & Organizations	36	Unknown	48
86	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
87	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
88	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
89	The Roundabout roundup Podcast	Roundaboutroundup	Government	11	Podbean	37
90	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
91	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
92	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
93	The County Compass	Columbia County, GA	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	42
94	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
95	Brave in the Bay - Indivisible Mid-Peninsula’s Podcast	Indivisible Mid-Peninsula	Government	19	Podbean	31
96	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
97	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
98	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
99	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
100	Listen up Loudoun	with Co-Hosts Dr. Betsy Scotto-Lavino and Michael Zuckerman	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	28

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