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 mars 2026

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03/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 356

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:52

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (3 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
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	328	RedCircle	58
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
7	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
8	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	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	144	Megaphone	48
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
20	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
23	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
25	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	96	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	452	Megaphone	58
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	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	56	Unknown	32
36	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	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	109	Megaphone	43
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	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	197	PRX	59
44	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
45	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	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	305	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	63	Substack	43
50	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
51	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	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	45	RSS.com	42
56	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	51	Megaphone	38
57	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	315	Simplecast	73
58	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	29	Simplecast	58
59	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	908	Megaphone	38
60	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	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	201	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	913	Buzzsprout	63
65	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
66	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
67	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
68	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
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	47	Megaphone	48
72	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
73	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
74	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
75	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
76	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
77	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
78	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
79	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	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	410	Megaphone	49
83	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	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	1088	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	823	Libsyn	27
90	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
91	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
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	130	Transistor	58
96	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
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	93	Unknown	43
100	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	9	BBC	22

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