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 06 Feb 2026

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02/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 350

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:42:41

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. Official FBI (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
6	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
11	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	15	Omny Studio	63
12	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
13	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
14	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
18	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
19	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
25	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
27	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
28	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
29	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
30	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
31	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
32	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
33	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
35	Bozeman Beat	City of Bozeman	Government	2	Libsyn	63
36	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
37	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
38	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
39	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
41	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
42	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
43	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
44	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
45	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
46	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
47	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
48	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
49	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
50	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
51	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
52	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
53	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
54	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	11	Unknown	38
55	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
56	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	168	Simplecast	48
57	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
58	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
59	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
60	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	25	Captivate	48
61	ERS Money Talks Podcast	Employees Retirement System of Texas	Government	12	Buzzsprout	42
62	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	47
63	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
64	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
65	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
66	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
67	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
68	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
69	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
70	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
71	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
72	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	546	Libsyn	58
73	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
74	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
75	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
76	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
77	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	235	Libsyn	48
78	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
79	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
81	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	203	PRX	59
82	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	216	Megaphone	49
83	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
84	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
86	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	417	Megaphone	49
87	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
88	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
89	Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule	Washington Institute	Government	19	Acast	69
90	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
91	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
92	Data for the People!	Data Foundation	Government	4	Buzzsprout	83
93	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
94	Supreme Court Brief	Law.com	Government	42	Libsyn	48
95	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
96	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	944	Megaphone	38
97	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
98	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	102	Buzzsprout	57
99	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	72	Substack	43
100	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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