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 19 Jan 2026

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01/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 334

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:45:28

Top 5 authors

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

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (3 shows)

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Omny Studio (11 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	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	1904	Megaphone	53
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
6	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
7	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
8	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
11	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
12	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
13	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
14	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
17	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
20	Compass Points	Scott Barker	Government	230	Libsyn	68
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
25	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
26	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
27	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
30	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
31	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
32	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
34	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
35	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
36	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
37	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
38	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
39	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
40	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
41	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
42	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
43	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
44	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
45	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
46	Economics for Inclusive Prosperity	Ralph Ranalli, Economics for Inclusive Prosperity	Government	1	Simplecast	52
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
48	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
49	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
50	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
51	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
52	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
53	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
54	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
55	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
56	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
57	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
58	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
60	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
61	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
62	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
63	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
64	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
65	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
66	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
67	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
68	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
69	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
70	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
71	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
72	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
73	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
74	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
75	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
76	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
77	Rational in Portland	Kristin Olson	Government	129	RSS.com	68
78	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
79	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
80	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
81	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
82	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
83	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
84	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	28	Libsyn	53
85	Community Catalysts	Matt Lehrman	Government	106	Libsyn	83
86	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
87	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
88	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
89	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
90	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
91	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
92	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
93	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
94	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
95	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
96	Fronteras	Texas Public Radio	Government	39	Unknown	43
97	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
98	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
99	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	9	Unknown	38
100	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43

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