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 28 janv. 2026

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01/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 333

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:44:16

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Acast (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (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	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
7	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
9	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
11	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
14	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule	Washington Institute	Government	19	Acast	69
17	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
18	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
19	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
21	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
22	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
23	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
24	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
25	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
26	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
27	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
28	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
30	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
31	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
32	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
35	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
36	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
37	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
38	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
39	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
40	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
41	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
42	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
43	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
44	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
45	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
46	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
47	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
48	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
49	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
50	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
51	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
52	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
53	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
54	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
55	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
56	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
57	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
58	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
59	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
60	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
61	Black Card Declined	Brianna Riddick	Government	2	RSS.com	68
62	Family Guidons	South Carolina National Guard	Government & Organizations	1	Unknown	59
63	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
64	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
65	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
66	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
67	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
68	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
69	Lawfare No Bull	Lawfare	Government	100	Acast	43
70	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
71	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
72	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
73	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
74	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
75	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
76	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
77	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
78	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
79	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
81	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
82	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
83	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
84	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
85	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
86	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
87	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
88	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
89	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
90	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
91	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
92	How It Falls Apart	Gary Colton	Government	34	Acast	79
93	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
94	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
95	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
96	On the Record with Emily McAllister	Emily McAllister	Government	2	Podbean	48
97	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
98	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
99	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
100	The Ray Stevens Show	Ray Stevens \| CMLS Chicago	Government	100	Omny Studio	43

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