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 26 févr. 2026

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02/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 313

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:42:56

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (5 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 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	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
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	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
8	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
9	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
10	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
11	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
13	The Melting Pod	The Melting Pod	Government	15	Megaphone	69
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
20	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
22	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
23	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
24	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
25	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
26	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
29	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
31	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
32	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
33	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
34	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
35	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
36	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
37	The Government Fix	Code for America	Government	9	Simplecast	69
38	Running Into the Fire	Terri Hasdorff	Government	1	Podetize	79
39	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
40	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
41	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
42	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
43	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
44	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
45	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
46	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
47	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
48	Dialogue	Daniel K Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies	Government & Organizations	19	Unknown	49
49	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
50	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
51	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
52	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
53	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
54	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
55	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
56	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79
57	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
58	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
59	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
60	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
61	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
62	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
63	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	29	Simplecast	58
64	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
65	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
66	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
67	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
68	The Forward Party Podcast	Forward Party	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	47
69	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
70	On the Agenda: A City of Reno Podcast	City of Reno	Government	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
71	Maryland Family Matters	Jeff Trimbath, Maryland Family Institute	Government	2	Simplecast	53
72	Pod Bless America	Jim Larkin and Dan Wilkinson Jr.	Government	91	Simplecast	63
73	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
74	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
75	Political Playlist Happy Hour	Political Playlist	Government	231	Spotify for Podcasters	28
76	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
77	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
78	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
79	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
80	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
81	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
82	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
83	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
84	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
85	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
86	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
87	DSR: Politics and Law	The DSR Network	Government	33	Megaphone	43
88	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
89	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
90	Mrs. Janiskee's AP U.S. Government and Politics Podcast	Jennifer Janiskee	Government	10	RSS.com	47
91	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
92	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
93	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
94	Behavioral Threat Analysis Center – Beyond the Bulletin	Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	Government & Organizations	9	Unknown	38
95	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
96	Strength in Numbers	Foreign Policy	Government	9	Megaphone	53
97	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
98	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
99	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
100	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58

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