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 Oct 2026

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10/29/2026

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Episodes: 380

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:08

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. Cato Institute (2 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2759	Megaphone	38
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1966	Megaphone	53
9	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
10	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	48	Simplecast	79
11	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
12	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
16	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
17	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	936	Buzzsprout	63
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
19	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
21	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
22	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
23	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
25	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
28	Acquisition Talk	Eric Lofgren	Government	167	Soundcloud	43
29	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
30	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
31	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
32	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
33	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
35	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
36	Fixate Today, Gone Tomorrow	Fixate Today, Gone Tomorrow	Government	120	Zencastr	42
37	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
38	Not My Narrative	Straw Hut Media	Government	4	Megaphone	53
39	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
40	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
41	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
42	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
43	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
44	The Jacob Shapiro Podcast	Jacob Shapiro	Government	350	Captivate	68
45	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
46	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
47	Regularly Speaking	Public Powered Policy	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
49	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
50	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
51	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
52	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
53	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
54	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1115	Megaphone	48
55	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
56	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
57	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
58	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
59	Big Take, Midterms 2026	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	8	Omny Studio	48
60	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	56	Simplecast	79
61	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
62	The Economics Of It	Cato Institute	Government	2	Acast	63
63	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
64	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
65	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
66	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	1015	StreamGuys	38
67	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	937	Megaphone	38
68	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
69	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
70	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
71	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
72	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
73	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
74	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
75	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
76	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
77	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	73	Zencastr	32
78	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	325	Simplecast	73
79	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
80	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1658	Unknown	43
81	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	36	Megaphone	37
82	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
83	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
84	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	63	Libsyn	38
85	The 80 Million Podcast	The 80 Million	Government	11	Substack	53
86	Unreasonable Expectations: A 4th Amendment Podcast	James O. Ruane	Government	18	Transistor	52
87	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
88	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
89	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
90	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
91	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
93	Public Works Podcast	Joseph Blackman	Government	418	Spreaker	32
94	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
95	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	12	Megaphone	63
96	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	269	Acast	94
97	The Power Hour	The Heritage Foundation	Government	38	Spreaker	59
98	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
99	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	180	Buzzsprout	68
100	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	108	Buzzsprout	63

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