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 08 Feb 2026

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02/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 351

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:47

Top 5 authors

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

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 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 Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	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	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
13	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
16	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
20	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
21	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
22	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
24	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
25	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
30	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
31	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
33	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
34	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
35	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
36	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
37	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
38	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
39	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
40	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
41	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	47
42	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	168	Simplecast	48
43	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
44	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
45	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
46	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
47	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
48	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
49	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
50	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
51	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
52	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
53	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
54	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
55	Bozeman Beat	City of Bozeman	Government	2	Libsyn	63
56	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
57	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
58	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
59	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
60	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
61	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
62	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
63	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
64	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
65	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
66	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
67	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
68	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
69	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
70	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
71	Congressional Dish Details temporarily unavailable	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
72	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
73	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
74	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
75	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
76	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
77	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
78	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
79	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
80	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
81	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
82	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	235	Libsyn	48
83	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	84	Libsyn	58
84	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	59	Buzzsprout	48
85	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	25	Captivate	48
86	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
87	ERS Money Talks Podcast	Employees Retirement System of Texas	Government	12	Buzzsprout	42
88	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	546	Libsyn	58
89	Strength in Numbers	Foreign Policy	Government	9	Megaphone	53
90	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
91	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
93	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	144	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
95	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
96	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
97	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
99	CODE RED	Secure America Now	Government	100	Podbean	43
100	Data for the People!	Data Foundation	Government	4	Buzzsprout	83

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