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 21 Jun 2026

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06/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 347

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:38

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. Colorado Public Radio (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Podbean (6 shows)

5. Acast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Crooked Media	Government	413	Simplecast	79
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	402	Acast	69
5	Military Retirement Podcast	w/ John McConnell and Victor De La Flor	Government	125	Spotify for Podcasters	52
6	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	13	Simplecast	79
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	59	RSS.com	83
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1796	Megaphone	59
10	American Potential	American Potential	Government	442	Podbean	73
11	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	12	Megaphone	63
12	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
13	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	239	Podetize	63
14	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	457	Megaphone	49
15	DC EKG	Joe Grogan	Government	139	Megaphone	48
16	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	72	Spreaker	54
17	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	285	Megaphone	69
18	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	32	Omny Studio	58
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Podcast	Government	117	Simplecast	58
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	43
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	866	Audioboom	48
22	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	366	Simplecast	63
23	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	57	Libsyn	73
24	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye	Government	238	Libsyn	63
26	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	94	Simplecast	38
27	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	244	Simplecast	73
28	Divided Argument	Will Baude, Dan Epps	Government	128	Simplecast	63
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	Government	439	Megaphone	63
30	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	Civil Rights for Civil Servants	Shaun Southworth and Lydia Taylor	Government	2	Captivate	58
32	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	303	Blubrry Podcasting	33
33	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
34	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	148	Libsyn	69
35	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	159	Podbean	37
36	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
37	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	868	Buzzsprout	63
38	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
39	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
40	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
41	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1928	BBC	39
42	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	59
43	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	85	Megaphone	54
44	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	142	Megaphone	49
45	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
46	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	2	Substack	49
47	Who's Gonna Govern?	Colorado Public Radio	Government	39	PRX	54
48	Cap Chat Texas	Stephanie Chiarello, David Mintz	Government	31	Simplecast	63
49	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	847	Megaphone	38
50	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
51	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	232	Acast	69
52	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	54	Megaphone	63
53	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
54	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
55	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	206	Unknown	63
56	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	55	Substack	49
57	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	282	Megaphone	69
58	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
59	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
60	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
61	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	40	Megaphone	53
62	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	68
63	Classes of Mail	Alan Gegax	Government	273	RSS.com	58
64	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
65	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	356	Megaphone	49
66	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
67	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	7	Omny Studio	73
68	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1032	Megaphone	53
69	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	560	Podbean	38
70	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	225	Libsyn	53
71	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
72	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	41	Blubrry	79
73	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	196	Simplecast	59
74	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	Megaphone	59
75	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	97	BBC	28
76	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	Political Voices Network	News	262	ART19	53
77	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	160	Simplecast	52
78	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	804	Libsyn	32
79	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
80	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
81	Inside the FBI	Official FBI	Government	115	N/A	N/A
82	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
83	CuriosiD	WDET	Government	92	Unknown	43
84	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	191	PRX	64
85	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
87	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	362	Unknown	49
88	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
89	The Merge	The Merge	Government	64	Spotify for Podcasters	43
90	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Heritage Podcast Network	Government	208	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	4	BBC	33
92	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	500	Libsyn	69
93	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
94	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	16	Captivate	48
95	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	706	Unknown	49
96	プチ鹿島赤坂タイムス	TBS RADIO	Government	61	Megaphone	43
97	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	32	RSS.com	48
98	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	81	Libsyn	63
99	Snollygoster	Mike Thompson	Government	225	StreamGuys	43
100	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	10	Megaphone	69

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