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 12 janv. 2026

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01/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 343

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:25

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The Steady State (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	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	43	Omny Studio	52
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
8	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
9	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
11	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
12	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
14	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
15	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
18	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
19	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
21	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
22	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
23	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
27	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
28	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
29	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
30	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
31	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
33	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
34	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
35	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
36	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
37	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
38	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
39	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
40	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	45	Audioboom	58
41	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
42	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
43	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
44	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
45	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
46	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
47	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
48	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
49	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
50	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
51	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
52	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
53	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
54	Guardian Mindset Podcast	Attorney Eric Daigle	Government	51	Castos	38
55	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
56	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
57	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
58	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
59	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
60	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
61	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
62	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
63	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
64	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
65	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
66	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
67	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49
68	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
69	The Pluralist Podcast - with Orly Erez-Likhovski and Rabbi Josh Weinberg	Orly Erez-Likhovski	Government	10	Unknown	52
70	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
71	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
72	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
73	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
74	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
75	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
76	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
77	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
78	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
79	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
80	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
81	Black Card Declined	Brianna Riddick	Government	2	RSS.com	68
82	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
83	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
84	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
85	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
86	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
87	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
88	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
89	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
90	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
91	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
92	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
93	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
94	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
95	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
96	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	73
97	Transparency Talks	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Government	11	Buzzsprout	58
98	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
99	The 351	Adam Chapdelaine, John Ouellette	Government	18	Simplecast	53
100	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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