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 31 août 2026

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08/31/2026

Average data

Episodes: 379

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:42:39

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

3. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Unknown (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Podbean (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
4	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
5	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	35	Simplecast	79
11	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
12	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
23	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
24	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
28	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
29	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
32	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
33	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
34	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
35	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
36	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
37	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
38	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
39	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
40	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
41	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
42	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
43	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
44	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
45	Fixate Today, Gone Tomorrow	Fixate Today, Gone Tomorrow	Government	113	Zencastr	42
46	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
47	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
49	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
50	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
51	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
52	Constitution Unlocked	Constitution Unlocked	Government	4	Buzzsprout	42
53	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
54	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
55	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
56	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
57	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	236	StreamGuys	27
58	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
59	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
60	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
61	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
62	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
63	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
64	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
65	プチ鹿島赤坂タイムス	TBS RADIO	Government	119	Megaphone	43
66	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
67	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
68	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
69	Law Report	ABC Australia	Government	246	ABC Australia	38
70	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	129	Squarespace	63
71	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
72	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
73	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
74	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
75	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
76	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
77	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
78	Dr Ed Weir Show	Dr Ed Weir	Government	68	Podbean	43
79	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
80	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
81	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
82	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
83	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
84	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
85	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
86	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
87	"Project 2025 Read by Douglas Wayne Ricketts"	Douglas Ricketts	Government	33	RSS.com	47
88	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
89	The Quill & Sword	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	233	Unknown	43
90	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
91	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
92	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
93	Municipal - the Code of Chicago	Al Scorch	Government	1	Podbean	42
94	Trooper Talk	Kentucky State Police	Government	5	Unknown	53
95	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
96	Our Curious Amalgam	American Bar Association	Government	396	Libsyn	68
97	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
98	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
99	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
100	Philip Teresi	KMJ	Government	100	Omny Studio	48

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