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 13 Feb 2026

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02/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 338

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:42:56

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
9	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
12	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
13	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
22	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
23	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
24	The Government Fix	Code for America	Government	9	Simplecast	69
25	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
26	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
27	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
28	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
29	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
31	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
33	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
34	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
35	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
36	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
37	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
38	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
39	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
40	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
41	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
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	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
44	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
45	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
46	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
47	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
48	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
49	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
50	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
51	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
52	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
53	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
54	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
55	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
56	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
57	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
58	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
59	The County Compass	Columbia County, GA	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	42
60	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
61	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
62	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
63	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
64	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
65	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
66	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
67	Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig	Lawrence Lessig	Government	166	Simplecast	48
68	Inside Roswell	City of Roswell, Georgia	Government	29	Spotify for Podcasters	48
69	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
70	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
71	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
72	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
73	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
74	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
75	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
76	Illinois Policy Podcast	Illinois Policy	Government	72	Megaphone	49
77	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
78	Today in Parliament	BBC Radio 4	Government	11	BBC	28
79	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
80	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
81	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
83	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
84	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
85	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
86	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
87	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
88	The Cognitive Crucible	Information Professionals Association	Government	249	Libsyn	58
89	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
90	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
91	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
92	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
93	Law for VA LEOs	E from UE	Government	135	Soundcloud	43
94	The AHIMA HI-Five Policy Podcast	AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team	Government	16	Spotify for Podcasters	42
95	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
96	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
97	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
98	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
99	CODE RED	Secure America Now	Government	100	Podbean	43
100	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53

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