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 13 Jan 2026

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01/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 372

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:38

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Unknown (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	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
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	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
9	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
10	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
11	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
13	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
14	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
17	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
18	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
20	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
21	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
26	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
27	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
28	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
31	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
32	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
33	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
34	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
35	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
36	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
37	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
38	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
39	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
40	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
41	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
42	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
43	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
44	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
45	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
46	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
47	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
48	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
49	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
50	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
51	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
52	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
53	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
54	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
55	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
56	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
57	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
58	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
59	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
60	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
61	Guardian Mindset Podcast	Attorney Eric Daigle	Government	51	Castos	38
62	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
63	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
64	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
65	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
66	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
67	Beyond the Satchel	Cristal Czajkoski	Government	25	Podbean	48
68	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
69	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	47	Audioboom	58
70	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	60	Megaphone	38
71	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1116	Megaphone	48
72	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	22
73	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
74	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
75	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
76	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
77	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
78	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	417	Megaphone	49
79	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
80	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	27	Megaphone	48
81	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	269	Acast	94
82	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
83	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
84	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
85	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
86	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
87	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	152	Unknown	49
88	This Means War	Peter Roberts	Government	98	Libsyn	58
89	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
90	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
91	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	216	Megaphone	49
92	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
93	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
94	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
96	North Dakota Outdoors Podcast	North Dakota Game and Fish Department	Government	110	Simplecast	42
97	Right to the Point	Republican Study Committee	Government	29	Buzzsprout	43
98	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
99	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
100	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69

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