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 04 Jan 2026

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01/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 344

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:43:32

Top 5 authors

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

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The Overhead Wire (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
5	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
11	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
12	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
17	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
18	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
20	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
21	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
24	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
26	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
27	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
28	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
31	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
32	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
33	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
34	Black Card Declined	Brianna Riddick	Government	2	RSS.com	68
35	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
36	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
37	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
38	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
39	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
41	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
42	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
43	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
44	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
45	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
46	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
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	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
50	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
51	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
52	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
53	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
54	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
55	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
56	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
57	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
58	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
59	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
60	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
61	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
62	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
63	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
64	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
65	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
67	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
68	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
69	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
70	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
71	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
72	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
73	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
74	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
75	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
76	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
77	Elk Grove CityCast	EGPublicAffairs	Government	34	Buzzsprout	63
78	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
79	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
80	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
81	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
82	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
83	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
84	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	143	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
86	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
87	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
88	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
89	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
90	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
91	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
92	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
93	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
94	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
95	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
96	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
97	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
98	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
99	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
100	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49

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