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 01 Jan 2026

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01/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 373

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:12

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (6 shows)

2. The DSR Network (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	440	Audioboom	63
2	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1928	Megaphone	53
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2702	Megaphone	38
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
6	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	310	Megaphone	63
7	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
8	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	46	Omny Studio	52
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	148	Megaphone	48
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	382	Megaphone	53
14	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	88	Spreaker	54
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	454	Megaphone	58
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	910	RSS.com	42
18	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
19	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
20	American Potential	American Potential	News	471	Podbean	68
21	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
22	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
23	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
24	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
25	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
26	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	150	Megaphone	43
29	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
31	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1973	BBC	43
32	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
33	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	111	Megaphone	43
34	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
35	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
36	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
37	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
38	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
39	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
40	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	47	RSS.com	42
41	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	213	Simplecast	59
42	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	267	Libsyn	58
43	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
44	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
45	Forking Off	Forking Off	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	53
46	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
47	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	920	Buzzsprout	63
48	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
49	Calendar Call	CT Judicial Branch	Government	52	Unknown	43
50	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	255	Acast	69
51	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	469	Megaphone	49
52	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
53	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
54	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	919	Megaphone	38
55	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
56	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	66	Substack	43
57	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	351	Libsyn	68
58	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
59	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	144	Spotify for Podcasters	28
60	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
61	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	309	Megaphone	63
62	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
63	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
64	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	53	Megaphone	38
65	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
66	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
67	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
68	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	199	PRX	59
69	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	574	Podbean	32
70	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
71	The Merge	The Merge	Government	67	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	749	Libsyn	37
73	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
74	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	48	Megaphone	48
75	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
76	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	155	Buzzsprout	47
77	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	235	Omny Studio	73
78	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
79	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	338	Substack	53
80	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
81	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	212	Megaphone	49
82	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	333	Simplecast	63
83	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	25	Simplecast	58
84	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	152	Unknown	49
85	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	413	Megaphone	49
86	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	826	Libsyn	27
87	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
88	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
89	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	59	Megaphone	38
91	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
92	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
93	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	726	Captivate	53
94	Department of Defense (DoD) News	Inception Point Ai	Government	147	Spreaker	59
95	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
96	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
97	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	28	Libsyn	53
98	Socialist Rifle Association Podcast	Jesse Elem	Government	49	Simplecast	37
99	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
100	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68

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