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 25 Jan 2026

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01/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 363

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:44:34

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 shows)

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (6 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	439	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2690	Megaphone	38
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1920	Megaphone	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	45	Omny Studio	52
8	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
9	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
10	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
12	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
14	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
15	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
16	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
17	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
20	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
21	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
22	American Potential	American Potential	News	469	Podbean	68
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	907	RSS.com	42
24	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
25	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
30	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
31	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	46	RSS.com	42
35	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
36	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
37	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	317	Simplecast	73
38	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
40	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
41	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	198	PRX	59
42	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
43	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	453	Megaphone	58
44	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	110	Megaphone	43
45	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
46	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
47	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
48	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
49	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
50	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
51	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	254	Acast	69
52	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
53	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
54	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
55	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	19	Spotify for Podcasters	47
56	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
57	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	48	Megaphone	48
58	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	308	Megaphone	63
59	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
60	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	52	Megaphone	38
61	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
62	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	248	Podetize	63
63	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
64	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
65	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	917	Buzzsprout	63
66	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
67	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
68	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	151	Unknown	49
69	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
70	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
71	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	47	Megaphone	48
72	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
73	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
74	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
75	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
76	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	724	Unknown	43
77	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
78	The AHIMA HI-Five Policy Podcast	AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team	Government	16	Spotify for Podcasters	42
79	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
80	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
81	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
82	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	529	Libsyn	58
83	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	194	Transistor	63
84	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	28	Libsyn	53
85	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
86	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	825	Libsyn	27
87	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
88	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
89	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	237	StreamGuys	27
90	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
91	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
92	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
93	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
94	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	248	Podbean	42
95	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
98	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	211	Megaphone	49
99	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
100	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48

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