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 27 Jan 2026

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01/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 312

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:42:34

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Acast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
10	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
11	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
12	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
13	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
14	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
16	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
17	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
20	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
25	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
26	Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule	Washington Institute	Government	19	Acast	69
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
28	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
29	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
31	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
32	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
33	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
34	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
35	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
36	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
37	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
38	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
39	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
40	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
41	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
42	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
43	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
44	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
45	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
46	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
47	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
48	Black Card Declined	Brianna Riddick	Government	2	RSS.com	68
49	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
50	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
51	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
52	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
53	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
54	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
55	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
56	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
57	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
58	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
59	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
60	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
61	How It Falls Apart	Gary Colton	Government	34	Acast	79
62	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
63	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
64	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
65	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
66	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
67	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
68	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
69	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
70	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
71	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
72	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
73	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
74	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	28	Libsyn	53
75	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
76	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
77	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
78	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
79	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
80	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
81	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
82	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
83	Texas Agriculture Legislation	Cahil Murchison	Government	4	Libsyn	38
84	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
85	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
86	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	The Safety Net Pulse	America's Essential Hospitals	Government	10	RSS.com	58
88	Family Guidons	South Carolina National Guard	Government & Organizations	1	Unknown	59
89	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
90	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
91	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
92	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
93	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
94	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
95	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
96	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
97	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
98	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
99	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
100	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42

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