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 07 Feb 2026

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02/07/2026

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Episodes: 341

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:42:29

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 shows)

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

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. AEI Podcasts (2 shows)

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 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	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
7	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
8	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
10	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	15	Omny Studio	63
11	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
12	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
15	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
20	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
21	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
26	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
27	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
35	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
36	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	47
37	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
38	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	168	Simplecast	48
39	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
40	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
41	Bozeman Beat	City of Bozeman	Government	2	Libsyn	63
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
43	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
44	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
45	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
46	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
47	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
48	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
49	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
50	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
51	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
52	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
53	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
54	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
55	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
56	Congressional Dish Details temporarily unavailable	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
57	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
58	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
59	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
60	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
61	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
62	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
63	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
64	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
65	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
66	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
67	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
68	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
69	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
70	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
71	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
72	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
73	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
74	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
75	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
76	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	235	Libsyn	48
77	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	25	Captivate	48
78	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	11	Unknown	38
79	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
80	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	216	Megaphone	49
81	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
83	ERS Money Talks Podcast	Employees Retirement System of Texas	Government	12	Buzzsprout	42
84	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	546	Libsyn	58
85	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
86	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
87	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
88	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
89	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	55	Megaphone	48
90	CODE RED	Secure America Now	Government	100	Podbean	43
91	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	27	Megaphone	48
92	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
93	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
94	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	59	Buzzsprout	48
95	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
96	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
97	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
98	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
99	Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule	Washington Institute	Government	19	Acast	69
100	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	75	Captivate	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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