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 03 Feb 2026

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02/03/2026

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Episodes: 345

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:07

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. Official FBI (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Podbean (9 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Acast (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
6	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
11	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
12	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
14	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
18	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
19	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
20	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
21	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
22	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
23	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
25	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
26	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
27	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
28	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
30	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
31	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	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	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
35	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
36	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
37	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
38	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
39	Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule	Washington Institute	Government	19	Acast	69
40	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
41	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
42	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	47
43	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
44	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
45	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
46	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
47	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
49	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
50	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	23	Captivate	48
51	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
52	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
53	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
54	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
55	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
56	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
57	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
58	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
59	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
60	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
61	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
62	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
63	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
65	The United States Constitution	The U.S. Constitution	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	48
66	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
67	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	417	Megaphone	49
68	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
69	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
70	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
71	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
72	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
73	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
75	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
76	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
77	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
78	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
79	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
80	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
81	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
82	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
83	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
84	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
85	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
86	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
87	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
88	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
89	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
91	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
92	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
93	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
94	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
95	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
96	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
97	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	269	Acast	94
98	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
99	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
100	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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