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 29 Jan 2026

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01/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 370

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:44:34

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (9 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
3	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2768	Megaphone	38
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1972	Megaphone	53
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	50	Omny Studio	52
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	157	Megaphone	48
9	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
10	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
12	Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule	Washington Institute	Government	19	Acast	69
13	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
15	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
16	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	321	Megaphone	63
17	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
18	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	276	Libsyn	58
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
21	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	498	Unknown	52
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
24	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
25	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
26	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
27	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
28	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
31	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
32	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
33	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
34	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
35	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1986	BBC	43
38	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
39	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
40	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
41	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
42	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
43	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	72	Libsyn	63
44	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
45	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	97	Megaphone	59
46	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	21	Spotify for Podcasters	47
47	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
48	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
49	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
50	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
51	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
52	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
53	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
54	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
55	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
56	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
57	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
58	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
59	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
61	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	940	Megaphone	38
62	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
63	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
64	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
65	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	939	Buzzsprout	63
66	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
67	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
68	Black Card Declined	Brianna Riddick	Government	2	RSS.com	68
69	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
70	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
71	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
72	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	833	Libsyn	27
73	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
74	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
75	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
76	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
77	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
78	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
79	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
81	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
82	Family Guidons	South Carolina National Guard	Government & Organizations	1	Unknown	59
83	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
84	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
85	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
86	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1118	Megaphone	48
87	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	152	Unknown	49
88	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
89	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
90	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
91	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
92	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
93	On the Record with Emily McAllister	Emily McAllister	Government	2	Podbean	48
94	How It Falls Apart	Gary Colton	Government	34	Acast	79
95	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
96	Life With Tori Samone	torigoldentg	Government	36	Podbean	48
97	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
99	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
100	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	47	Audioboom	58

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