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 15 févr. 2026

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02/15/2026

Average data

Episodes: 351

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 00:43:41

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (5 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	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
6	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
7	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
10	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
12	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
13	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
15	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
17	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
18	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
20	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
21	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
22	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
23	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
24	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
28	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
29	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
31	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
32	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
33	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
34	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
35	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
36	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
37	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
38	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
39	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
40	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
41	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
43	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
44	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
45	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
46	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
47	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
48	The Government Fix	Code for America	Government	9	Simplecast	69
49	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
50	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
51	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
52	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
53	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
54	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
55	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
56	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
57	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
58	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
59	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
60	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
61	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
62	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
63	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
64	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
65	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
66	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
67	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
68	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
69	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
70	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
71	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
72	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
73	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
74	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
75	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
76	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
77	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
78	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
79	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
80	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
81	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
82	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
83	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
84	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
85	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
86	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
87	Cheyenne Roundup	Wyoming Public Media	Government	27	PRX	69
88	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
89	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
90	Real State	CSG South	Government	3	Spreaker	74
91	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
92	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
93	Oral Arguments from the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals	Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals	Government & Organizations	0	Unknown	28
94	Snollygoster \| Ohio's Politics Podcast	Mike Thompson	Government	235	StreamGuys	27
95	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
96	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
97	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
98	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
99	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
100	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48

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