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 08 août 2026

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08/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 249

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:56:34

Top 5 authors

1. France Culture (3 shows)

2. Book Riot (2 shows)

3. London Review of Books (2 shows)

4. The New Yorker (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Acast (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Fresh Air	NPR	Arts	300	Simplecast	59
2	Prose Society with Eli Rallo	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	6	Omny Studio	42
3	The Book Club	Goalhanger	Arts	33	Megaphone	73
4	The Book Review	The New York Times	Arts	2	Simplecast	48
5	Off The Shelf with Morgann Book	Bookish Media	Arts	59	Acast	63
6	Positive Distraction with Alexander McCall Smith	Alexander McCall Smith	Arts	9	Spotify for Podcasters	32
7	Bookends with Mattea Roach	CBC	Arts	168	Triton Digital	52
8	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
9	Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa	Service95	Arts	48	Megaphone	58
10	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	540	Audioboom	63
11	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	235	Megaphone	38
12	Podcast – Cory Doctorow's craphound.com	Cory Doctorow	Arts	718	Unknown	32
13	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	177	RedCircle	42
14	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	227	Simplecast	83
15	Secret Life of Books	Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole	Arts	152	Acast	84
16	The Odyssey	Homer	Arts	24	Spreaker	59
17	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	542	Megaphone	58
18	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	448	RedCircle	53
19	The Next Chapter with Antonio Michael Downing	CBC	Arts	78	Triton Digital	62
20	Hello Crawlers - A Dungeon Crawler Carl Podcast	Grant Davis	Arts	70	Spotify for Podcasters	37
21	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	211	Acast	63
22	Books, Beach, & Beyond	Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine	Arts	50	Buzzsprout	73
23	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	129	Libsyn	73
24	Exploring The Greats	Exploring The Greats	Arts	8	Megaphone	53
25	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	37	Simplecast	43
26	The Critic and Her Publics	Merve Emre	Arts	39	ART19	48
27	Close Readings	London Review of Books	Arts	222	Megaphone	73
28	Wodcast	Into the Words	Arts	9	Unknown	79
29	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	42	Acast	69
30	Among the Ancients	London Review of Books	Arts	13	Megaphone	63
31	Ils ont changé le monde Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Books	41	N/A	N/A
32	Espions, une histoire vraie Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Books	68	N/A	N/A
33	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	424	Megaphone	48
34	Toute une vie Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Books	86	N/A	N/A
35	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
36	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Classic Crime Novel by Agatha Christie	Agatha Christie	Arts	29	Spreaker	69
37	Classical Stuff You Should Know	A.J. Hanenburg, Graeme Donaldson, and Thomas Magbee	Arts	300	Squarespace	63
38	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	280	Buzzsprout	68
39	Zero to Well-Read	Book Riot	Arts	59	Megaphone	48
40	Inklings Book Club	Jack Edwards	Arts	57	Megaphone	43
41	The Same Page Book Club	Barstool Sports	Arts	15	Unknown	38
42	All About Agatha Christie	Christie	Arts	324	Simplecast	48
43	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	931	Megaphone	48
44	A Good Read	BBC Radio 4	Arts	394	BBC	28
45	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	268	Megaphone	42
46	Parseh Podcast (پادکست پرسه)	Abbas Seyedein	Arts	75	Acast	52
47	پادکست جعبه // Jabe Persian Podcast (Mansour Zabetian)	Jabe podcast	Arts	49	Acast	37
48	Vraiment Litt	Vraiment Litt	Arts	20	Spotify for Podcasters	53
49	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Blubrry	38
50	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	454	Libsyn	62
51	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	420	Spotify for Podcasters	22
52	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	129	Megaphone	38
53	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	836	ART19	48
54	It Was A Book First	It Was A Book First	Arts	15	Captivate	68
55	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1318	Simplecast	63
56	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	418	Captivate	68
57	Writer's Routine	Dan Simpson	Arts	420	Acast	84
58	Dragons in the Details: A Crescent City & Maasverse Deep Dive Podcast	Abby and Ronnie \| Huge Book Nerds	Arts	85	Spotify for Podcasters	37
59	London Review Bookshop Podcast	London Review Bookshop	Arts	727	Megaphone	48
60	Pagenerd	by the pagenerds	Arts	20	Simplecast	73
61	Les lectures érotiques de Charlie	Charlie F	Arts	303	podCloud	59
62	بیوگرافی	Mona	Arts	121	Acast	63
63	Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club	Plosive	Arts	134	Acast	79
64	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	274	Megaphone	53
65	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	489	Simplecast	69
66	Jeeves and Wooster : Carry on Jeeves	Wavemaker Cards	Arts	11	RSS.com	68
67	Books Unbound	Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay	Arts	329	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	Writers on Writing	Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone	Arts	99	Squarespace	48
69	Marlon and Jake Read Dead People	Penguin Random House	Arts	45	Simplecast	68
70	Jane Austen Bedtime Stories	Jane Austen Bedtime Pod	Arts	251	Spotify for Podcasters	32
71	Late Night Poetry	James Picard	Arts	231	Spotify for Podcasters	48
72	A Bookish Home	Laura Szaro Kopinski	Arts	245	Podbean	38
73	Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read	Adriana Trigiani	Arts	166	Megaphone	48
74	Ouvrez les guillemets	Ouvrez les guillemets	Arts	12	Ausha	68
75	Avoir raison avec... Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Books	46	N/A	N/A
76	سعدی	محمدرضا طاهری	Arts	72	Acast	63
77	下一本讀什麼？	閱讀前哨站瓦基	Arts	650	Firstory	59
78	2 To Ramble	Austin & Richard	Arts	387	RedCircle	48
79	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	345	Libsyn	62
80	Shedunnit	Caroline Crampton	Arts	209	Megaphone	53
81	The Book Case	ABC News \| Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson	Arts	227	Megaphone	69
82	啤啤說書：廣東話讀書會	啤啤說書｜加入早餐會，每天進步1%	Arts	362	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	Pride and Prejudice Audiobook	Audiobook Library	Arts	28	Spotify for Podcasters	52
84	MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast	Harry Potter	Arts	788	Megaphone	42
85	What Happened Next: a podcast about newish books	Nathan Whitlock	Arts	175	Acast	37
86	Plot Twist, Please	Susannah, Beth and Cass	Arts	51	Buzzsprout	89
87	Rereading the Revolution	Kellie and Daphne	Arts	98	Acast	74
88	The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience	Kelton Reid	Arts	531	Megaphone	48
89	From the Front Porch	The Bookshelf Thomasville	Arts	612	Podbean	58
90	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	785	Megaphone	58
91	The Stacks	Traci Thomas	Arts	520	ART19	63
92	Poured Over	Barnes & Noble	Arts	751	Libsyn	48
93	The Power of Your Subconscious Mind [Spotify Edition]	Joseph Murphy	Arts	1	Spreaker	59
94	The Nerd of the Rings	Nerd of the Rings	Arts	18	Podbean	52
95	Loon Lovers Live	Anne and Jordan	Arts	40	RSS.com	68
96	The Radio 2 Book Club	BBC Radio 2	Arts	101	BBC	28
97	Classic Audiobooks Collection	Graham Whitmore	Arts	27	Spotify for Podcasters	32
98	داستان شب	DASTANESHAB	Arts	1544	Acast	49
99	Read Rant Review	Kaylee	Arts	137	Spotify for Podcasters	32
100	Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men	Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes	Arts	570	Blubrry Podcasting	73

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