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 May 2026

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05/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 362

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:43:54

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
9	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
10	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
12	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
14	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
17	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
18	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
19	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
21	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
22	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
32	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
33	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
34	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
35	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
36	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
37	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
38	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
39	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
40	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
41	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
42	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
43	Beyond the Satchel	Cristal Czajkoski	Government	25	Podbean	48
44	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
45	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
46	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
47	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
48	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
49	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
50	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
51	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
52	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
53	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
54	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
55	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
57	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
58	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
59	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
60	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
61	Dissed	Pacific Legal Foundation	Government	42	Acast	64
62	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
63	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
64	Bridging De Pere	City of De Pere	Government	1	N/A	N/A
65	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
66	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
67	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
68	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
69	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
70	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
71	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
72	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
73	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
74	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
75	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
76	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
77	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
78	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
79	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
80	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
81	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
82	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
83	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
84	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
85	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
86	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
87	All Source Podcast	INSA	Government	10	Buzzsprout	68
88	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
89	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
90	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
91	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
92	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
93	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
94	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
95	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
96	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
97	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
98	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
99	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
100	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43

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