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 avr. 2026

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04/30/2026

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Episodes: 385

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:48

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. Official FBI (2 shows)

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

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	27	Megaphone	48
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	36	Simplecast	79
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
9	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
10	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
19	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
21	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
22	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
23	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
24	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
28	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
29	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
31	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
32	Unlocking California Politics	C.A.R. podcast	Government	30	Soundcloud	43
33	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
35	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
36	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
37	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
38	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
39	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
40	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
41	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
42	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
43	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
44	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
45	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
46	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
47	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
48	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
49	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
50	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
51	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
52	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
53	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	96	Megaphone	49
54	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
55	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
56	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
57	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
58	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
59	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	909	Megaphone	38
60	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	914	Buzzsprout	63
61	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
62	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
63	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
64	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
65	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
66	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
67	Community Catalysts	Matt Lehrman	Government	106	Libsyn	83
68	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
69	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
70	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
71	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
72	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
73	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
74	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
75	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	51	Megaphone	38
76	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	304	RSS.com	52
77	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
78	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
79	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
80	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
81	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
82	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
83	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
85	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
86	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
87	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
88	NINDS's Building Up the Nerve	NINDS	Government	54	Buzzsprout	52
89	The Quill & Sword	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	233	Unknown	43
90	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
91	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
93	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
94	Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)	Government	12	Buzzsprout	27
95	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	747	Libsyn	37
96	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
97	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
98	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
99	Strength in Numbers	Foreign Policy	Government	9	Megaphone	53
100	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	9	Unknown	38

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