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 21 janv. 2026

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01/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 336

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:47:02

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
8	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
10	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
13	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
14	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
15	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
16	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
17	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
18	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
19	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
20	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
21	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
22	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
23	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
24	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
25	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
26	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
27	Compass Points	Scott Barker	Government	230	Libsyn	68
28	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
29	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
30	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
31	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
32	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
33	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
35	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
36	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
37	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
40	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
41	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
42	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
43	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
44	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
45	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
46	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
47	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
48	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
49	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
50	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
51	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
52	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
54	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
55	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
56	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
57	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
58	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
59	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
60	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
61	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	913	Buzzsprout	63
62	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
63	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
64	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
65	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
66	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
67	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
68	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
69	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	51	Megaphone	38
70	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
71	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
72	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
73	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
74	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
75	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
76	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
77	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	908	Megaphone	38
78	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	28	Libsyn	53
79	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
80	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
81	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
82	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
83	Zoning In on the Little Things	Lou Gale and Ryan Huffman	Government	2	RSS.com	52
84	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
85	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
86	Political Playlist Happy Hour	Political Playlist	Government	231	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
88	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
89	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
91	Maryland Energy Talk	Jamie DeMarco	Government	28	Spotify for Podcasters	33
92	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
93	Rational in Portland	Kristin Olson	Government	129	RSS.com	68
94	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
95	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
97	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
98	On the Record with Emily McAllister	Emily McAllister	Government	2	Podbean	48
99	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
100	Next City	Straw Hut Media	Government	162	Spreaker	59

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