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 30 Mar 2026

Country

Main category

Sub category

Date

03/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 372

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:07

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (4 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (3 shows)

4. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2771	Megaphone	38
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1974	Megaphone	53
7	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
8	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
17	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	157	Megaphone	48
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
20	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	276	Libsyn	58
23	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
25	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
28	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
33	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
34	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
35	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
36	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
37	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
38	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
39	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1986	BBC	43
41	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
42	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
43	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
44	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
45	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
46	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
47	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
48	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
49	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
50	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1663	Unknown	43
51	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
52	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
53	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
54	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
55	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
56	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
57	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
58	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	32	Simplecast	58
59	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	941	Megaphone	38
60	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	21	Spotify for Podcasters	47
61	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
62	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
63	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
64	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	940	Buzzsprout	63
65	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
66	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
67	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
68	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
69	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
70	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
71	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
72	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
73	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
74	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
75	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
76	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
78	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	12	Megaphone	63
79	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
80	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
81	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
82	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	417	Megaphone	49
83	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	38
84	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
85	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
86	The Pod Couple	Problem Solvers Caucus	Government	2	RSS.com	58
87	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1119	Megaphone	48
88	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
89	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	833	Libsyn	27
90	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
91	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
92	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
93	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
94	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
95	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
96	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
97	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
98	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
99	CuriosiD	WDET	Government	94	Unknown	43
100	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	13	BBC	22

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in USA.
Explore more data on podcast rankings by diving into other categories and countries, and stay ahead in the ever-changing podcast scene.

Previous charts Next charts

About Methodology Contact Support me Privacy Policy Legal Notice