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 10 Feb 2026

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02/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 350

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:51

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Acast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
8	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
9	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
11	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
20	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
23	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
24	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
25	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
28	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
30	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
31	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
32	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
33	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
34	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
35	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
36	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
37	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
38	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
39	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
40	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	166	Simplecast	48
41	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
42	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
43	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
44	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
45	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
46	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
47	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
48	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
49	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
50	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
51	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
52	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
53	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
54	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
55	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
56	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
57	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
58	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
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	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
61	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
62	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
63	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
64	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
65	Bozeman Beat	City of Bozeman	Government	2	Libsyn	63
66	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
67	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
68	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
69	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
70	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
71	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
72	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
73	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
74	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
75	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
76	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
77	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
78	Blue Dog Radio	Blue Dog Action	Government	12	N/A	N/A
79	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
80	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
81	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
82	Strength in Numbers	Foreign Policy	Government	9	Megaphone	53
83	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
84	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
85	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
86	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
87	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
88	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
89	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
90	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
91	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
92	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
93	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
94	Data for the People!	Data Foundation	Government	4	Buzzsprout	83
95	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
96	Today in Parliament	BBC Radio 4	Government	13	BBC	28
97	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
98	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
99	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
100	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58

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