Apple Podcast Rankings - Canada - Books

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in Canada

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in Canada. 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 06 Mar 2026

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03/06/2026

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Episodes: 224

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:54:04

Top 5 authors

1. Raghvendra Singh (4 shows)

2. Book Riot (2 shows)

3. CBC (2 shows)

4. The New Yorker (2 shows)

5. NPR (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Acast (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Book Club	Goalhanger	Arts	35	Megaphone	73
2	Fresh Air	NPR	Arts	300	Simplecast	59
3	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	541	Audioboom	63
4	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	236	Megaphone	38
5	The Book Review	The New York Times	Arts	3	Simplecast	48
6	Zero to Well-Read	Book Riot	Arts	62	Megaphone	48
7	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	180	RedCircle	42
8	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	218	Acast	63
9	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	544	Megaphone	58
10	Bookends with Mattea Roach	CBC	Arts	170	Triton Digital	52
11	Pagenerd	by the pagenerds	Arts	20	Simplecast	73
12	Shelf-Aware with Ren and Lizzy	Ren and Lizzy Browne	Arts	29	Unknown	68
13	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	228	Simplecast	83
14	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	453	RedCircle	53
15	Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa	Service95	Arts	49	Megaphone	58
16	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	270	Megaphone	42
17	Parseh Podcast (پادکست پرسه)	Abbas Seyedein	Arts	75	Acast	52
18	Secret Life of Books	Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole	Arts	157	Acast	84
19	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Arts	257	Simplecast	63
20	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	423	Spotify for Podcasters	22
21	Jane Austen's Paper Trail	The Conversation	Arts	8	Captivate	58
22	Book Club in the Pub	Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson	Arts	2	Acast	84
23	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
24	En attendant ma lettre de Poudlard	Harry Potter Québec	Arts	86	Acast	68
25	The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	4	RSS.com	42
26	Shelf Respect	Shelf Respect	Arts	19	Audioboom	48
27	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1331	Simplecast	63
28	On se livre	Léa Clermont-Dion et Maïka Sondarjee	Arts	25	Ausha	73
29	Wuthering Heights (Full Audiobook) by Emily Brontë	Emily Brontë	Arts	34	Spreaker	59
30	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	129	Libsyn	73
31	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
32	Inklings Book Club	Jack Edwards	Arts	57	Megaphone	43
33	牛哥講經丨廣東話哲學、書籍分享	讀物農莊 Anybooks Farm	Arts	266	Spotify for Podcasters	48
34	A Good Read	BBC Radio 4	Arts	394	BBC	28
35	3 Books With Neil Pasricha	Neil Pasricha: Bestselling Author	Arts	220	Libsyn	68
36	The High Fae Housewives Podcast	The High Fae Housewives Podcast	Arts	117	Simplecast	52
37	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	936	Megaphone	48
38	Off The Shelf with Morgann Book	Bookish Media	Arts	62	Acast	63
39	Face à l'histoire Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	History	341	N/A	N/A
40	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	36	Simplecast	43
41	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	130	Megaphone	38
42	The Next Chapter with Antonio Michael Downing	CBC	Arts	83	Triton Digital	62
43	Close Readings	London Review of Books	Arts	224	Megaphone	73
44	Loon Call	Ruby and Ada	Arts	25	Spotify for Podcasters	48
45	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	839	ART19	48
46	Old School with Shilo Brooks	The Free Press	Arts	35	Megaphone	58
47	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	275	Megaphone	53
48	Shedunnit	Caroline Crampton	Arts	211	Megaphone	53
49	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Acast	28
50	In Deep Geek	indeepgeek	Arts	337	Podbean	58
51	Emma - Jane Austen	Jane Austen	Arts	135	Spreaker	54
52	蜜獾吃书	蜜獾吃书	Arts	206	Ximalaya	53
53	LPN Deep Dives: Crescent City	The Last Podcast Network	Arts	143	Simplecast	62
54	London Review Bookshop Podcast	London Review Bookshop	Arts	730	Megaphone	48
55	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	362	Unknown	63
56	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	445	Libsyn	68
57	Hello Crawlers - A Dungeon Crawler Carl Podcast	Grant Davis	Arts	73	Spotify for Podcasters	37
58	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	427	Megaphone	48
59	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	179	Buzzsprout	42
60	Kris and Mads	Kristen and Maddie	Arts	101	Spotify for Podcasters	58
61	Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club	Reese's Book Club	Arts	62	Substack	53
62	Start with Why by Simon Sinek, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	1	RSS.com	42
63	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	456	Libsyn	62
64	The Paris Review	The Paris Review	Arts	51	PRX	59
65	Toute une vie Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Books	79	N/A	N/A
66	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	422	Captivate	68
67	Sentimental Garbage	Justice for Dumb Women	Arts	227	Acast	73
68	The Newest Olympian	Mike Schubert	Arts	272	ART19	69
69	Fictional	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser \| Nextpod	Arts	58	Libsyn	63
70	Dragons in the Details: A Romantasy Deep Dive Podcast	Abby and Ronnie \| Huge Book Nerds	Arts	88	Spotify for Podcasters	37
71	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	282	Buzzsprout	68
72	پادکست آذرخش مکری	Dr Azarakhsh mokri	Arts	99	Spotify for Podcasters	53
73	The Clearing with Katherine May	Katherine May	Arts	98	Acast	79
74	The Wizard Wheezes	OllivandersVoices	Arts	127	Acast	89
75	Jane Austen Bedtime Stories	Jane Austen Bedtime Pod	Arts	256	Spotify for Podcasters	32
76	All About Agatha Christie	Christie	Arts	326	Simplecast	48
77	The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers	Joanna Penn	Arts	304	Blubrry	38
78	Frank Delaney's Re: Joyce	Frank Delaney	Arts	402	Libsyn	43
79	Agatha Christie Radio Plays	Agatha Christie	Arts	4	Spreaker	49
80	Lecture du coran	Aelia Phosphore	Arts	28	Spotify for Podcasters	53
81	StoryKind	Kelly Yang	Arts	21	Unknown	73
82	Le Salon dans tes oreilles	Salon du livre de Montréal	Arts	359	Buzzsprout	62
83	One Nightstand	Bustle	Arts	51	Spotify for Podcasters	58
84	Poured Over	Barnes & Noble	Arts	759	Libsyn	48
85	下一本讀什麼？	閱讀前哨站瓦基	Arts	656	Firstory	59
86	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	43	Acast	63
87	The Book Case	ABC News \| Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson	Arts	229	Megaphone	69
88	Minor Compositions	firefly frequencies	Arts	44	Spreaker	74
89	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	788	Megaphone	58
90	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	492	Simplecast	69
91	Persuasion by Jane Austen	Dream audio books	Arts	24	Spreaker	59
92	Shelved By Genre	Ranged Touch	Arts	88	Blubrry	38
93	Rereading the Revolution	Kellie and Daphne	Arts	100	Acast	74
94	Ascend - The Great Books Podcast	Harrison Garlick and Adam Minihan	Arts	153	Captivate	42
95	The Thing About Austen	The Thing About Austen	Arts	122	Pinecast	53
96	It Gets Good	Hannah, Micaela and Kyleigh	Arts	182	Libsyn	58
97	Podcast – Cory Doctorow's craphound.com	Cory Doctorow	Arts	756	Unknown	32
98	The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	1	RSS.com	42
99	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	346	Libsyn	62
100	Atomic Habits by James Clear, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	2	RSS.com	42

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