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 22 janv. 2026

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01/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 353

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:47:05

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 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	435	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	1902	Megaphone	53
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
8	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
9	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
12	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
13	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
17	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
18	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
23	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
25	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
27	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
28	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
29	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
32	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
33	The AHIMA HI-Five Policy Podcast	AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team	Government	16	Spotify for Podcasters	42
34	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
35	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
36	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
37	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
38	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
40	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
41	Compass Points	Scott Barker	Government	230	Libsyn	68
42	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
43	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
44	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
45	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
46	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
47	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
48	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
49	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
50	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
51	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
52	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
53	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
54	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
55	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
56	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
57	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
58	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
59	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
60	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
61	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
62	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
63	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
64	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
65	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
66	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
67	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
68	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
69	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
70	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
71	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
72	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
73	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
74	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	28	Libsyn	53
75	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
76	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
77	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
78	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
79	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
80	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
81	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
82	Political Playlist Happy Hour	Political Playlist	Government	231	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
84	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
85	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
87	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
88	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
89	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
90	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
91	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
92	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
93	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
94	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
95	Black Card Declined	Brianna Riddick	Government	2	RSS.com	68
96	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
97	Rational in Portland	Kristin Olson	Government	129	RSS.com	68
98	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
99	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
100	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58

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