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 30 Jan 2026

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01/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 363

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:44:09

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1966	Megaphone	53
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2759	Megaphone	38
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	156	Megaphone	48
9	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
11	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
13	American Potential	American Potential	News	478	Podbean	68
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
17	Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule	Washington Institute	Government	19	Acast	69
18	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
22	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
24	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
25	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
26	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
27	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
29	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
30	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
31	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
33	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
35	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
36	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
37	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
38	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
39	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
40	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
41	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
42	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
43	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
44	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
45	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
46	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	72	Libsyn	63
47	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
48	The Hard Middle	BOC	Government	5	RSS.com	73
49	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
50	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
51	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
52	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	47
53	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
54	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
55	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
56	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
57	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
58	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
59	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
60	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
61	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
62	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	937	Megaphone	38
63	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
64	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
65	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
66	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
67	Life With Tori Samone	torigoldentg	Government	36	Podbean	48
68	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
69	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	325	Simplecast	73
70	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
71	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
72	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	729	Unknown	43
73	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
74	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
75	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
76	Black Card Declined	Brianna Riddick	Government	2	RSS.com	68
77	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	936	Buzzsprout	63
78	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
80	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
81	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
82	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
84	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
85	The Joy of Democracy	United America Network	Government	2	Captivate	68
86	Behind the Meter: An MPSC Podcast	MPSC	Government	20	Buzzsprout	27
87	Public Works Podcast	Joseph Blackman	Government	418	Spreaker	32
88	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
89	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
90	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	152	Unknown	49
91	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
92	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
93	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	26	Megaphone	48
94	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
95	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
96	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
97	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
99	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
100	Guardian Mindset Podcast	Attorney Eric Daigle	Government	51	Castos	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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