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 20 Jan 2026

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01/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 351

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:47:02

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	440	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2702	Megaphone	38
4	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	310	Megaphone	63
5	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1928	Megaphone	53
7	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	46	Omny Studio	52
8	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
9	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	88	Spreaker	54
10	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
11	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
12	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
13	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
14	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
15	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	19	Spotify for Podcasters	47
16	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
18	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
19	American Potential	American Potential	News	471	Podbean	68
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	148	Megaphone	48
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	910	RSS.com	42
22	Compass Points	Scott Barker	Government	230	Libsyn	68
23	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	382	Megaphone	53
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
29	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	469	Megaphone	49
30	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1973	BBC	43
31	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
33	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
34	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
35	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	47	RSS.com	42
36	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
37	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
38	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	454	Megaphone	58
39	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	351	Libsyn	68
40	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
41	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	267	Libsyn	58
42	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	150	Megaphone	43
43	The Merge	The Merge	Government	67	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
45	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
46	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
47	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
48	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
49	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
50	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
51	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
52	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	920	Buzzsprout	63
53	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	155	Buzzsprout	47
54	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	309	Megaphone	63
55	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
56	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	248	Podbean	42
57	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
58	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
59	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	53	Megaphone	38
60	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
61	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
62	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	919	Megaphone	38
63	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
64	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
65	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	111	Megaphone	43
66	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
67	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	66	Substack	43
68	Beyond the Satchel	Cristal Czajkoski	Government	25	Podbean	48
69	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
70	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
71	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
72	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
73	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	725	Unknown	43
74	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	48	Megaphone	48
75	Rational in Portland	Kristin Olson	Government	129	RSS.com	68
76	Political Playlist Happy Hour	Political Playlist	Government	231	Spotify for Podcasters	28
77	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
78	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
79	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
80	Community Catalysts	Matt Lehrman	Government	106	Libsyn	83
81	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	28	Libsyn	53
82	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	574	Podbean	32
83	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	333	Simplecast	63
84	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
85	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
86	Black Card Declined	Brianna Riddick	Government	2	RSS.com	68
87	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
88	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
89	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	826	Libsyn	27
90	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
91	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	213	Simplecast	59
92	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	255	Acast	69
93	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	265	Acast	94
94	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
95	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	377	Unknown	43
96	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	674	Libsyn	58
97	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
98	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
99	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	413	Megaphone	49
100	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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