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 11 Feb 2026

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02/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 380

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:45:08

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (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 (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
8	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
9	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	51	Omny Studio	52
10	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
11	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	15	Omny Studio	63
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
17	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
20	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
22	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
23	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
24	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
25	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	48	RSS.com	42
26	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
28	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
31	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
32	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
33	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
34	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
35	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
36	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
37	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
38	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
39	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
40	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
41	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
43	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
44	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
45	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
46	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	270	Acast	94
47	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	47
48	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	25	Captivate	48
49	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
50	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	168	Simplecast	48
51	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
52	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
53	Congressional Dish Details temporarily unavailable	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
54	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
55	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
56	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
57	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
58	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
59	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
60	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
61	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
62	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
63	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
64	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
65	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
66	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
67	Strength in Numbers	Foreign Policy	Government	9	Megaphone	53
68	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
69	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
70	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
71	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	The Cognitive Crucible	Information Professionals Association	Government	249	Libsyn	58
73	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
74	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
75	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
76	The County Compass	Columbia County, GA	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	42
77	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
78	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
79	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
81	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
82	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
83	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
84	Bozeman Beat	City of Bozeman	Government	2	Libsyn	63
85	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	26	Simplecast	58
86	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	417	Megaphone	49
87	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	469	Omny Studio	59
88	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
89	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
90	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
91	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
92	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
93	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
94	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
95	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
96	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
97	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	118	Megaphone	59
98	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
99	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
100	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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