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 24 Feb 2026

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02/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 359

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:42:48

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (4 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 (23 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (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	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
9	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
10	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
11	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
12	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
13	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
14	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
17	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
18	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
19	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
20	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
21	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
22	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
23	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
24	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
25	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
26	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
27	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
28	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
29	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
31	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
33	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
34	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
35	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
36	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
37	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
38	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
40	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
41	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
42	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
43	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
44	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
45	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
46	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
47	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
48	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
49	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
50	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
51	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
52	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
53	CODE RED	Secure America Now	Government	100	Podbean	43
54	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
55	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
56	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
57	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
58	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
59	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
60	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
61	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
62	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
63	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
64	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
65	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
66	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
67	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
68	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
69	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
70	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
71	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
72	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
73	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
74	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
75	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
76	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
77	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
78	Wilmington Weekly with Matt Purkey	Matt Purkey	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	48
79	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
80	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
81	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
82	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
83	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
84	Simple Civics: Greenville County	Greater Good Greenville	Government	294	Transistor	63
85	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
86	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
87	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
88	Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)	Attorney RJ Dieken, Loki Esq Law, Montana	Government	579	Buzzsprout	58
89	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
90	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
91	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
92	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
93	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
94	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
95	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
96	The Enfield Community Conversation	Town of Enfield NH	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
97	On The Road With ADOT	ADOT	Government	116	Buzzsprout	38
98	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	721	Captivate	53
99	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
100	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48

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