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 02 Jan 2026

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01/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 354

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:43:26

Top 5 authors

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

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
6	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
7	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
8	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
9	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
10	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
12	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
17	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
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	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
21	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
22	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
23	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
24	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
25	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
26	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
28	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
29	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
31	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
32	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
33	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
35	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
36	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
37	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
40	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
41	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
42	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
43	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
44	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	44	RSS.com	42
45	Tiffin Talk - The Official Podcast of the City of Tiffin, Iowa	Hosts: Mayor Tim Kasparek and Mayor Pro Tem Tim Orris	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	32
46	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
48	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
49	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
50	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
51	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
52	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
53	Calendar Call	CT Judicial Branch	Government	52	Unknown	43
54	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
55	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
56	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
57	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
58	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
59	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
60	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
61	Forking Off	Forking Off	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	53
62	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
63	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
64	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
65	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
66	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
67	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
68	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
69	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
70	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
71	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
72	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
73	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
74	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
75	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
76	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
77	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
78	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
79	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	143	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	The Asset	District Productive	Government	65	ART19	69
81	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
83	Elk Grove CityCast	EGPublicAffairs	Government	34	Buzzsprout	63
84	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
85	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
86	Department of Defense (DoD) News	Inception Point Ai	Government	147	Spreaker	59
87	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
88	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
89	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
90	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	18	Simplecast	53
91	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
92	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
93	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	338	Substack	53
94	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
95	Betting on America: Winning the Global Tech Race	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	38	Megaphone	38
96	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	714	Captivate	43
97	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
99	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
100	Socialist Rifle Association Podcast	Jesse Elem	Government	49	Simplecast	37

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