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 19 Feb 2026

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02/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 353

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:43

Top 5 authors

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

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

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

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 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	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
10	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
11	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
16	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
17	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
20	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
22	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
27	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
31	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
35	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
36	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
37	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
38	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
39	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
40	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
41	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
42	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
43	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
44	CODE RED	Secure America Now	Government	100	Podbean	43
45	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
46	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
47	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
48	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
49	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
50	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
51	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
52	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
53	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
54	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
55	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
56	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
57	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
58	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
59	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
60	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
61	Not Quite Quorum	Laura Bergus and Oliver Weilein	Government	39	Squarespace	58
62	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
63	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
64	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
65	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
66	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
67	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
68	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
69	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
70	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
71	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
72	The Government Fix	Code for America	Government	9	Simplecast	69
73	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
74	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
75	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
76	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
77	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
78	Squaring the Circle	Matthew Bigelow	Government	100	Acast	84
79	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
80	VA News Podcast	Department of Veterans Affairs	Government	4	Transistor	48
81	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
82	Legal Regards with Oliver Roberts	Oliver Roberts (The National Law Review)	Government	5	Buzzsprout	68
83	Live From America with Jeremy Herrell	Jeremy Herrell	Government	2147	RSS.com	32
84	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	Government	197	Soundcloud	38
85	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
86	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
87	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
88	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
89	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
90	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
91	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
92	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
93	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
94	On The Road With ADOT	ADOT	Government	116	Buzzsprout	38
95	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
96	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
97	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
98	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
99	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	This Means War	Peter Roberts	Government	96	Libsyn	58

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