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 01 Feb 2026

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02/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 344

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:58

Top 5 authors

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

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. The DSR Network (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2759	Megaphone	38
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
4	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1966	Megaphone	53
7	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	478	Podbean	68
10	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
11	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
13	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
14	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
15	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
18	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
19	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
22	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
23	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
24	Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule	Washington Institute	Government	19	Acast	69
25	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
26	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	47
27	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
28	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
29	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
30	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
31	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
35	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
36	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
37	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
40	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
41	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
42	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
43	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
44	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
45	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
46	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
47	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
48	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
49	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
50	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
51	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
52	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
53	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
54	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
55	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
56	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
57	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
58	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
59	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
60	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	325	Simplecast	73
61	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
62	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
63	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
64	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	152	Unknown	49
65	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
66	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	937	Megaphone	38
67	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
68	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	56	Megaphone	38
69	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
70	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
71	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
72	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
73	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
74	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
75	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
76	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	72	Libsyn	63
77	ExcelinEd in Action Statehouse Spotlights	ExcelinEd in Action	Government	49	Acast	89
78	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
79	The Hard Middle	BOC	Government	5	RSS.com	73
80	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	936	Buzzsprout	63
81	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
82	Life With Tori Samone	torigoldentg	Government	36	Podbean	48
83	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
84	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
85	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
86	The Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife	Government	292	Soundcloud	38
87	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
89	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	38
90	Chesterfield Behind the Mic	Chesterfield County	Government	142	Libsyn	68
91	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
92	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
93	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	242	StreamGuys	27
94	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
95	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
96	Data for the People!	Data Foundation	Government	4	Buzzsprout	83
97	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
98	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
99	The United States Constitution	The U.S. Constitution	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42

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