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 18 janv. 2026

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01/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 343

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:45:19

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (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. Libsyn (13 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Podbean (9 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
7	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
8	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
10	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
11	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
13	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
14	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
15	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
16	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
17	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
20	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
21	Compass Points	Scott Barker	Government	230	Libsyn	68
22	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
24	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
26	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
29	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
30	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
31	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
32	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
33	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
34	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
35	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
36	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
37	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
38	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
39	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
40	Economics for Inclusive Prosperity	Ralph Ranalli, Economics for Inclusive Prosperity	Government	1	Simplecast	52
41	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
43	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
44	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
45	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
46	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
47	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
48	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
49	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	908	Megaphone	38
50	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
51	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
52	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	51	Megaphone	38
53	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	913	Buzzsprout	63
54	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
55	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
56	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
57	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
58	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
59	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
60	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
61	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
62	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
63	Community Catalysts	Matt Lehrman	Government	106	Libsyn	83
64	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
65	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
66	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
67	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
68	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
69	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
70	Beyond the Satchel	Cristal Czajkoski	Government	25	Podbean	48
71	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	28	Libsyn	53
72	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
73	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	236	StreamGuys	27
74	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
75	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
76	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
77	Rational in Portland	Kristin Olson	Government	129	RSS.com	68
78	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
79	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
80	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
81	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
82	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
83	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
84	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
85	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
86	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	9	BBC	22
87	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
88	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	375	Unknown	43
89	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
90	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
91	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
92	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
93	Maryland Energy Talk	Jamie DeMarco	Government	28	Spotify for Podcasters	33
94	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
95	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
96	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
97	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
98	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
99	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
100	FedUp with Ron Speakman	Ron Speakman	Government	49	Podbean	53

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