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 22 févr. 2026

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02/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 331

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:42:24

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (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 (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
3	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
10	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
11	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
13	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
14	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
18	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
20	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
23	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
25	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
27	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
28	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
29	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
30	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
31	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
32	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
33	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
34	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
35	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
37	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
38	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
39	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
40	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
41	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
42	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
43	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
44	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
45	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
46	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
47	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
48	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
49	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
50	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
51	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
52	CODE RED	Secure America Now	Government	100	Podbean	43
53	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
54	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
55	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
56	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
57	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
58	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
59	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
60	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
61	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
62	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
63	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
64	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
65	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
66	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
67	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
68	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
69	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
70	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
71	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
72	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
73	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
74	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
75	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
76	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
77	The Enfield Community Conversation	Town of Enfield NH	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
78	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
79	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
80	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
81	Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)	Attorney RJ Dieken, Loki Esq Law, Montana	Government	579	Buzzsprout	58
82	Stubborn Things	AEI Podcasts	Government	22	Captivate	48
83	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
84	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
85	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
86	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
87	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
88	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
89	This Means War	Peter Roberts	Government	96	Libsyn	58
90	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
91	Asia Unlocked	Asian Studies at Georgetown SFS	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	FedUpward Podcast - Tips for Federal Government Employees	Love Rutledge	Government	199	Libsyn	47
93	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
94	State Bar of Texas Podcast	Legal Talk Network	Government	230	Megaphone	48
95	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
96	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
97	State Week	Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III	Government	20	Unknown	43
98	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
99	Inside Roswell	City of Roswell, Georgia	Government	29	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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