Apple Podcasts · United States · Nov 4, 2026

Best News Podcasts

The top 100 News shows on the Apple Podcasts chart (US), plus the episodes trending right now.

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#1

A Guide to Election Night 2026

The Daily · 35 min

#2

Last Call for Takes!

Pod Save America · 1 h 25 min

#3

Election Day, Trump's Closing Message, Iran War And The Midterms

Up First from NPR · 12 min

#4

What to Expect on Election Night, and Trump’s $1 Million Voter Fraud Reward

The Headlines · 10 min

#5

Maddow cracks DOGE mystery as Trump fails again on the eve of the election

The Rachel Maddow Show · 41 min

#6

A Political Rebellion in the Rio Grande Valley

The Daily · 1 h 16 min

#7

Bill Kristol and JVL: Trump Could Be More Dangerous Post-Election

The Bulwark Daily · 1 h 18 min

#8

Final Midterms Thoughts + Haley Stevens' Heel Turn

Still Counting · 1 h 02 min

#9

The Midterms and the End of the Boomer Political Era

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 1 h 13 min

#10

The Races That Could Change Everything on Election Night | 11.3.26

Morning Wire · 20 min

#11

Inside the decision team the country relies on for election results

Apple News Today · 15 min

#12

It's Election Day: Where things stand and what's at stake

Morning Joe · 48 min

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Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

The Daily

The New York Times

—
2

Pod Save America

Pod Save America

▲ 1
3

Up First from NPR

NPR

▼ 1
4

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

—
5

NPR News Now

NPR

▲ 1
6

The Bulwark Daily

The Bulwark

▲ 9
7

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

▲ 4
8

Still Counting

Crooked Media

▲ 12
9

The Tucker Carlson Show

Tucker Carlson Network

▼ 2
10

The MeidasTouch Podcast

MeidasTouch Network

▼ 5
11

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

▲ 13
12

Pivot

New York Magazine

▲ 7
13

Serial

Serial Productions & The New York Times

▼ 5
14

IHIP News

Jennifer Welch & Angie Sullivan

—
15

The Headlines

The New York Times

▼ 5
16

Morning Wire

The Daily Wire

▼ 7
17

Apple News Today

Apple News

▼ 4
18

The Dan Bongino Show

Cumulus Podcast Network | Dan Bongino

▼ 2
19

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

▼ 7
20

The Glenn Beck Program

Mercury Radio Arts

▲ 2
21

Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov

Vox Media Podcast Network

▲ 18
22

The Rachel Maddow Show

Rachel Maddow, MS NOW

▲ 113
23

Letters from an American

Heather Cox Richardson

▼ 6
24

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

▼ 3
25

Global News Podcast

BBC World Service

▼ 7
26

The Journal.

The Wall Street Journal & Spotify Studios

—
27

Today, Explained

Vox

▼ 4
28

Candace

Candace Owens

▲ 47
29

The Matt Walsh Show

The Daily Wire

▲ 11
30

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 3
31

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

▲ 1
32

TRIGGERnometry

TRIGGERnometry

▼ 5
33

Ruthless Podcast

Josh Holmes, Comfortably Smug, Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook

▲ 19
34

Consider This from NPR

NPR

▼ 6
35

The World and Everything In It

WORLD Radio

▼ 4
36

Sarah Westall - Business Game Changers

Sarah Westall

▼ 1
37

Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words

Victor Davis Hanson | The Daily Signal

▼ 8
38

Plain English with Derek Thompson

The Ringer

▲ 28
39

What A Day

What A Day

▲ 10
40

The Rest Is Politics: US

Goalhanger

▲ 10
41

Armstrong & Getty On Demand

iHeartPodcasts

—
42

The Next Level

The Bulwark

▲ 28
43

Deadline: White House

Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW

▲ 36
44

Breaking News from Pod Save America

Crooked Media

▲ 3
45

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

▲ 35
46

Real Time with Bill Maher

HBO Podcasts

▼ 16
47

The Michael Knowles Show

The Daily Wire

▼ 10
48

The President's Daily Brief

The First TV

▼ 6
49

The New Yorker Radio Hour

WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

▼ 24
50

Start Here

ABC News

▼ 6

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