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 07 Jan 2026

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01/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 302

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 00:49:40

Top 5 authors

1. Raghvendra Singh (7 shows)

2. Book Riot (3 shows)

3. CBC (2 shows)

4. Next Big Idea Club (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Acast (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. RSS.com (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Fresh Air	NPR	Arts	300	Simplecast	59
2	Bookends with Mattea Roach	CBC	Arts	169	Triton Digital	52
3	Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa	Service95	Arts	49	Megaphone	58
4	The Book Review	The New York Times	Arts	3	Simplecast	48
5	StoryKind	Kelly Yang	Arts	21	Unknown	73
6	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	541	Audioboom	63
7	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	236	Megaphone	38
8	The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	4	RSS.com	42
9	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	129	Libsyn	73
10	Shelf-Aware with Ren and Lizzy	Ren and Lizzy Browne	Arts	29	Unknown	68
11	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	43	Acast	63
12	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	544	Megaphone	58
13	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
14	Zero to Well-Read	Book Riot	Arts	62	Megaphone	48
15	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	228	Simplecast	83
16	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	456	Libsyn	62
17	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Arts	257	Simplecast	63
18	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	218	Acast	63
19	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	492	Simplecast	69
20	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
21	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	270	Megaphone	42
22	En attendant ma lettre de Poudlard	Harry Potter Québec	Arts	86	Acast	68
23	On se livre	Léa Clermont-Dion et Maïka Sondarjee	Arts	25	Ausha	73
24	Jane Austen's Paper Trail	The Conversation	Arts	8	Captivate	58
25	The Next Chapter with Antonio Michael Downing	CBC	Arts	82	Triton Digital	62
26	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	180	RedCircle	42
27	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	275	Megaphone	53
28	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1331	Simplecast	63
29	Inklings Book Club	Jack Edwards	Arts	57	Megaphone	43
30	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	36	Simplecast	43
31	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	936	Megaphone	48
32	Off The Shelf with Morgann Book	Bookish Media	Arts	62	Acast	63
33	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	453	RedCircle	53
34	Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club	Reese's Book Club	Arts	62	Substack	53
35	The Next Big Idea	Next Big Idea Club	Education	376	Megaphone	53
36	Old School with Shilo Brooks	The Free Press	Arts	35	Megaphone	58
37	Face à l'histoire Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	History	342	N/A	N/A
38	Podcast – Cory Doctorow's craphound.com	Cory Doctorow	Arts	756	Unknown	32
39	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	839	ART19	48
40	Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read	Adriana Trigiani	Arts	169	Megaphone	48
41	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	179	Buzzsprout	42
42	Après l'Épilogue Podcast	Après L'Épilogue Podcast	Arts	22	Spotify for Podcasters	42
43	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	788	Megaphone	58
44	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Acast	28
45	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	426	Megaphone	48
46	The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers	Joanna Penn	Arts	304	Blubrry	38
47	Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast	Jaime Fok and Freya Valerio	Arts	63	Spotify for Podcasters	58
48	Jane Austen Bedtime Stories	Jane Austen Bedtime Pod	Arts	256	Spotify for Podcasters	32
49	Agatha Christie Radio Plays	Agatha Christie	Arts	4	Spreaker	49
50	下一本讀什麼？	閱讀前哨站瓦基	Arts	656	Firstory	59
51	سعدی	محمدرضا طاهری	Arts	72	Acast	63
53	The Newest Olympian	Mike Schubert	Arts	272	ART19	69
54	I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	1	RSS.com	48
55	Book Talk, etc.	Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks	Arts	273	Buzzsprout	62
56	Close Readings	London Review of Books	Arts	224	Megaphone	73
57	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	362	Unknown	63
58	蜜獾吃书	蜜獾吃书	Arts	206	Ximalaya	53
59	Strong Ground by Brené Brown, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	1	RSS.com	48
60	Ryers Readers	Ashley	Arts	308	Spotify for Podcasters	33
61	Take Control of Your Life by Mel Robbins, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	1	RSS.com	48
62	Naaji /ناجـی	Pari	Arts	107	Acast	59
63	Sentimental Garbage	Justice for Dumb Women	Arts	227	Acast	73
64	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	346	Libsyn	62
65	A Good Read	BBC Radio 4	Arts	394	BBC	28
66	Frank Delaney's Re: Joyce	Frank Delaney	Arts	402	Libsyn	43
67	The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	1	RSS.com	42
68	Secret Life of Books	Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole	Arts	157	Acast	84
69	Outlive by Peter Attia MD, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	1	RSS.com	42
70	Parseh Podcast (پادکست پرسه)	Abbas Seyedein	Arts	75	Acast	52
71	كنوز السيرة للشيخ عثمان الخميس	Podcast Record	Arts	58	Simplecast	72
72	Vraiment Litt	Vraiment Litt	Arts	20	Spotify for Podcasters	53
73	Persuasion by Jane Austen	Dream audio books	Arts	24	Spreaker	59
74	The Stacks	Traci Thomas	Arts	524	ART19	63
75	London Review Bookshop Podcast	London Review Bookshop	Arts	730	Megaphone	48
76	From the Front Porch	The Bookshelf Thomasville	Arts	616	Podbean	58
77	Books Unbound	Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay	Arts	330	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	Nothing Like a Good Book	Mark Bishop Media	Arts	111	Spreaker	43
79	All the Books!	Book Riot	Arts	1069	Megaphone	63
80	3 Books With Neil Pasricha	Neil Pasricha: Bestselling Author	Arts	220	Libsyn	68
81	پادکست جعبه // Jabe Persian Podcast (Mansour Zabetian)	Jabe podcast	Arts	49	Acast	37
82	Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry	David Naimon, Milkweed Editions	Arts	355	Blubrry	28
83	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	422	Spotify for Podcasters	22
84	The Next Big Idea Daily	Next Big Idea Club	Education	835	Megaphone	59
85	Eleanor & Alasdair Read That	Eleanor Morton & Alasdair Beckett-King	Arts	23	Podbean	47
86	Take Four Books	BBC Radio 4	Arts	75	BBC	28
87	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	130	Megaphone	38
88	Totally Booked with Zibby	Zibby Owens	Arts	2000	Acast	79
89	Pod and Prejudice	Molly Burdick	Arts	187	RedCircle	79
90	Heaving Bosoms	Heaving Bosoms Productions, Bleav	Arts	561	Simplecast	63
91	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	573	N/A	N/A
92	The 5am Club by Robin Sharma, Book Summary, English, Podcast	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	2	RSS.com	42
93	Rich Dad Poor Dad In English	Raja Babu	Arts	9	Spotify for Podcasters	32
94	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	420	Captivate	68
95	داستان شب	DASTANESHAB	Arts	1554	Acast	49
96	Toute une vie Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Books	79	N/A	N/A
97	Well-Read	Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman	Arts	100	Podbean	48
98	What Happened Next: a podcast about newish books	Nathan Whitlock	Arts	176	Acast	37
99	Cozy with Brina	Brina	Arts	82	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	Great Audiobooks	Great Literature	Arts	2000	RedCircle	43

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