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 Oct 2026

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10/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 362

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:16

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

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

3. Cato Institute (3 shows)

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2771	Megaphone	38
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1974	Megaphone	53
9	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	50	Simplecast	79
10	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	39	Megaphone	48
11	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	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	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
15	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	157	Megaphone	48
17	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
23	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	940	Buzzsprout	63
24	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
26	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
29	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
30	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
31	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	276	Libsyn	58
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	The Jacob Shapiro Podcast	Jacob Shapiro	Government	350	Captivate	68
35	The Economics Of It	Cato Institute	Government	2	Acast	63
36	Not My Narrative	Straw Hut Media	Government	4	Megaphone	53
37	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
38	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
39	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
41	Acquisition Talk	Eric Lofgren	Government	168	Soundcloud	43
42	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
43	Fixate Today, Gone Tomorrow	Fixate Today, Gone Tomorrow	Government	120	Zencastr	42
44	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
45	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	941	Megaphone	38
46	Regularly Speaking	Public Powered Policy	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	38
47	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1986	BBC	43
48	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	57	Simplecast	79
49	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1119	Megaphone	48
50	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
51	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
52	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
53	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
54	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
55	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
56	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
57	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
58	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
59	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
60	Politically Speaking	St. Louis Public Radio	Government	1016	StreamGuys	38
61	Big Take, Midterms 2026	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	11	Omny Studio	48
62	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
63	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
64	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
65	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	32	Simplecast	58
66	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	94	Simplecast	52
67	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
68	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
69	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
70	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
71	Your City, Answered	City of Raleigh	Government	21	Transistor	53
72	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
73	The 80 Million Podcast	The 80 Million	Government	11	Substack	53
74	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
75	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
76	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
77	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
78	Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Free Law Project	Government & Organizations	20	Unknown	38
79	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
80	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	242	StreamGuys	27
81	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
82	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1663	Unknown	43
84	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
85	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
86	Talking Charleston	City of Charleston, SC	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	48
87	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	36	Megaphone	37
88	Special Briefing	Volcker Alliance & Penn IUR	Government	70	Unknown	79
89	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
90	Unintended Consequences	Cato Institute	Government	29	Acast	64
91	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
92	Minor Powers	Audiographies Team	Government	1	Captivate	73
93	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	97	Megaphone	59
94	California City News Podcast	CityNews	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	31
95	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	60	Megaphone	38
96	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	216	Megaphone	49
97	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
98	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
99	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
100	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52

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