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 11 Jan 2026

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01/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 359

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:11

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Podbean (8 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	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
8	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
9	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
12	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
13	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
14	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
16	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
17	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
18	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
19	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
20	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
25	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
26	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
27	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
28	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
30	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
31	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
32	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
33	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
34	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
35	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
36	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
37	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
38	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
39	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
40	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
41	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
42	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
43	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
44	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
45	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
46	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
47	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
48	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
49	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
50	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
51	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
52	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
53	The Pluralist Podcast - with Orly Erez-Likhovski and Rabbi Josh Weinberg	Orly Erez-Likhovski	Government	10	Unknown	52
54	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
55	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
56	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
57	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
58	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
59	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
60	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
61	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
62	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1116	Megaphone	48
63	Guardian Mindset Podcast	Attorney Eric Daigle	Government	51	Castos	38
64	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
65	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
66	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
67	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
68	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
69	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
70	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	27	Megaphone	48
71	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
72	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
73	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	26	Simplecast	58
74	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
75	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
76	TWIO (This Week in Olympia) Your Friday Podcast with Marissa Rathbone	Marissa Rathbone	Government	86	Spotify for Podcasters	22
77	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
78	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
79	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
80	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
81	Black Card Declined	Brianna Riddick	Government	2	RSS.com	68
82	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
83	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	26	Simplecast	68
84	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
85	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
86	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
87	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
88	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	469	Omny Studio	59
89	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	417	Megaphone	49
91	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	381	Unknown	43
92	Taiwan Frontlines: Taiwan in the Global Arena	The German Marshall Fund	Government	7	Simplecast	53
93	North Dakota Outdoors Podcast	North Dakota Game and Fish Department	Government	110	Simplecast	42
94	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
95	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
96	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	216	Megaphone	49
97	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
98	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
99	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
100	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32

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