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 09 Feb 2026

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02/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 333

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:44:33

Top 5 authors

1. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Official FBI (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
8	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
11	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
20	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
22	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
23	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
24	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
25	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
29	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
30	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
31	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
32	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
35	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
36	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
37	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
38	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	166	Simplecast	48
39	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
40	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
41	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
42	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
43	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
44	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
45	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
46	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
47	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
48	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
49	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
50	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
51	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
52	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
53	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
54	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
55	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
56	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
57	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
58	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
59	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
60	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
61	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
62	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
63	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
64	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
65	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
66	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
67	Bozeman Beat	City of Bozeman	Government	2	Libsyn	63
68	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
69	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
70	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
71	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
72	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
73	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
74	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
75	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
76	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
77	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
78	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
79	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
80	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
81	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
82	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
83	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
84	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
85	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
86	Today in Parliament	BBC Radio 4	Government	12	BBC	28
87	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
88	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
89	Wilmington Weekly with Matt Purkey	Matt Purkey	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	48
90	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
91	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
92	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
93	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
94	Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
95	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	84	Libsyn	58
96	Second Reading Podcast	Second Reading Podcast	Government	260	Unknown	38
97	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
98	Take Control of your Liberty with Scott Tregurtha	Podgo	Government	7	Simplecast	48
99	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
100	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59

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