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 25 févr. 2026

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02/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 361

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:36

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 shows)

2. The DSR Network (4 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Podbean (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 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	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
7	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
8	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
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	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
13	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
16	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
20	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
22	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
23	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
24	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
25	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
26	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
27	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
30	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
33	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
34	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
35	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
36	Dialogue	Daniel K Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies	Government & Organizations	19	Unknown	49
37	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
38	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
39	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
40	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
41	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
42	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
43	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
44	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
45	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
46	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
47	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
48	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
49	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
50	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
51	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
52	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
53	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
54	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
55	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
56	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
57	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
58	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
59	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
60	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
61	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
62	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
63	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
64	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
65	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
66	Mrs. Janiskee's AP U.S. Government and Politics Podcast	Jennifer Janiskee	Government	10	RSS.com	47
67	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
68	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
69	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
70	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
71	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
72	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
73	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
74	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
75	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
76	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
77	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
78	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
79	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
80	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
81	CODE RED	Secure America Now	Government	100	Podbean	43
82	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
83	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
84	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
85	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
86	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
87	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
88	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
89	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
90	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
91	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	The Good Judge-ment Podcast	Government	197	Soundcloud	38
92	Straight to The Point With Catherine Herridge	L.A. Times Studios	Government	14	Simplecast	58
93	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
94	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
96	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
97	Impairment Perspectives	Joseph O. Jones, Ph.D.	Government	6	N/A	N/A
98	Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Government Contractors Can’t Do Without	Crowell & Moring LLP	Government	100	Podbean	37
99	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
100	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73

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