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 20 Feb 2026

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02/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 385

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:41:21

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Inception Point Ai (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Omny Studio (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	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	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
11	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
12	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
15	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
17	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
21	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
22	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
28	CODE RED	Secure America Now	Government	100	Podbean	43
29	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
30	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
31	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
32	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
33	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
34	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
35	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
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	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
39	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
41	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
42	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
43	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
44	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
45	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
46	This Means War	Peter Roberts	Government	96	Libsyn	58
47	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
48	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
49	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
50	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
51	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
52	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
53	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
54	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
55	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
56	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
57	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
58	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
59	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
60	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
61	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
62	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
63	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
64	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
65	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
66	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
67	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
68	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
69	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
70	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
71	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
72	VA News Podcast	Department of Veterans Affairs	Government	4	Transistor	48
73	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
74	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
75	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
76	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
77	Data for the People!	Data Foundation	Government	4	Buzzsprout	83
78	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
79	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
80	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
81	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
82	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
83	Not Quite Quorum	Laura Bergus and Oliver Weilein	Government	39	Squarespace	58
84	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
85	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
86	Live From America with Jeremy Herrell	Jeremy Herrell	Government	2147	RSS.com	32
87	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
88	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
89	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
90	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
91	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
92	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
93	Asia Unlocked	Asian Studies at Georgetown SFS	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
95	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
96	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
97	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
98	Illinois Policy Podcast	Illinois Policy	Government	72	Megaphone	49
99	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
100	The Government Fix	Code for America	Government	9	Simplecast	69

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