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 21 Feb 2026

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02/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 386

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:42:34

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

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

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
5	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	44	Omny Studio	52
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
11	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
13	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
14	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
20	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
21	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
23	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
24	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
26	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
27	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
28	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
31	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
32	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
33	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
34	CODE RED	Secure America Now	Government	100	Podbean	43
35	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
36	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
37	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
38	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
39	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
40	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
41	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
42	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
43	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
44	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
45	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
46	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
47	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
48	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
49	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
50	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
51	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
52	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
53	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
54	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
55	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
56	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
57	This Means War	Peter Roberts	Government	96	Libsyn	58
58	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
59	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
60	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
61	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
62	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
63	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
64	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
65	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
66	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
67	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
68	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
69	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
70	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
71	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
72	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
73	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
74	Live From America with Jeremy Herrell	Jeremy Herrell	Government	2147	RSS.com	32
75	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
76	Asia Unlocked	Asian Studies at Georgetown SFS	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
78	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
79	VA News Podcast	Department of Veterans Affairs	Government	4	Transistor	48
80	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
81	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
82	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
83	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
84	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
85	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
86	COHORT W	CW4 Jessie Morlan(S3 CW3 Suzy Albert, S2 Dr. Leonard S. Momeny, S1 Dr. Russell J. Houser, creator;)	Government	76	Buzzsprout	83
87	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
88	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
89	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
90	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
91	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
92	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
93	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1088	Megaphone	48
94	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
95	California MCLE Podcast	TalksOnLaw	Government	58	Blubrry	48
96	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
97	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
98	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
99	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
100	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58

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