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 26 janv. 2026

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01/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 337

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:44:44

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	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	1908	Megaphone	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
8	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
9	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
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	85	Spreaker	54
12	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
15	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
16	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
21	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
22	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
23	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
25	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
26	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
28	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
29	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
30	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
31	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
32	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
35	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
36	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
37	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
40	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	315	Simplecast	73
41	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
42	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
43	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
44	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
45	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
46	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
47	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
48	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
49	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
50	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
51	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	908	Megaphone	38
52	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
53	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
54	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
55	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
56	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
57	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
58	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
59	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
60	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
61	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	51	Megaphone	38
62	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
63	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
64	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	913	Buzzsprout	63
65	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
66	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
67	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
68	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	9	BBC	22
69	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
70	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
72	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
73	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
74	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
75	Black Card Declined	Brianna Riddick	Government	2	RSS.com	68
76	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
77	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	46	Megaphone	48
78	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
79	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
80	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
81	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
82	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
83	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
84	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
85	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
86	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
87	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
88	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
89	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
90	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
91	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
92	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
93	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
94	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
95	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	193	Transistor	63
96	The GOHSEP Get a Game Plan Podcast	Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness	Government	48	Blubrry Podcasting	38
97	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
98	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
99	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
100	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42

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