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 06 Jan 2026

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01/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 337

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:46:39

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The Merge (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
8	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
9	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
10	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
12	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
17	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
18	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
20	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
21	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
22	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
25	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
28	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
29	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
30	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
31	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
33	Black Card Declined	Brianna Riddick	Government	2	RSS.com	68
34	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
35	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
36	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
37	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
38	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
39	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
40	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
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	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
43	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
44	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
45	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
46	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
48	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
49	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
50	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
51	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
52	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
54	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	469	Omny Studio	59
55	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
56	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
57	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
58	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
59	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
60	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
61	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
62	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
63	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
64	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	216	Megaphone	49
65	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
66	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
67	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	63	Libsyn	38
68	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
69	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
70	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
71	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
72	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
73	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
74	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
75	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
76	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
77	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
78	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
79	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
80	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
81	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	27	Megaphone	48
82	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
83	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
84	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
85	Patriot Truth Podcast	America Talk Network	Government	37	Libsyn	38
86	Mission: Texas	Kate Rumsey & Alex Clark	Government	0	Zencastr	33
87	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
88	Consider the Constitution	The Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution	Government	72	Buzzsprout	52
89	The Hard Middle	BOC	Government	5	RSS.com	73
90	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
91	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	42	Libsyn	48
92	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	196	Transistor	63
94	Brookline.News Podcast	Brookline Interactive Group	Government	20	Pinecast	58
95	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
96	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	346	Substack	48
97	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
98	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
99	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
100	Lawfare No Bull	Lawfare	Government	100	Acast	43

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