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 17 Feb 2026

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02/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 364

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:51

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	437	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2675	Megaphone	38
7	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1910	Megaphone	53
9	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
11	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
12	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	904	RSS.com	42
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
17	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
19	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
22	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
23	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
24	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
25	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
26	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
27	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1967	BBC	43
28	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
29	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
30	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
31	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
33	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
34	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
35	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
36	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
37	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
38	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
39	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
41	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	91	Megaphone	59
42	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
43	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
44	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
45	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	51	Megaphone	38
46	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
47	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
48	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
49	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
50	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
51	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
52	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	306	Megaphone	63
53	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
54	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
55	Not Quite Quorum	Laura Bergus and Oliver Weilein	Government	39	Squarespace	58
56	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
57	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
58	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	914	Buzzsprout	63
59	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
60	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
61	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
62	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
63	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
64	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	369	Megaphone	43
65	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
66	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
67	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
68	The Government Fix	Code for America	Government	9	Simplecast	69
69	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
70	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
71	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
72	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
73	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	909	Megaphone	38
74	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
75	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
76	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
77	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
78	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
79	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
80	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
81	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
82	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
83	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
84	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
85	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
86	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
87	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
88	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
89	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
90	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
91	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
92	VA News Podcast	Department of Veterans Affairs	Government	4	Transistor	48
93	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	210	Megaphone	49
94	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
95	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
96	Command and Control	Peter Roberts	Government	49	Libsyn	73
97	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
98	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	315	Simplecast	73
99	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43

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