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 13 Mar 2026

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03/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 217

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 01:00:06

Top 5 authors

1. Poetry Foundation (3 shows)

2. Raghvendra Singh (3 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. NPR (2 shows)

5. Agatha Christie (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Book Club	Goalhanger	Arts	40	Megaphone	73
2	Fresh Air	NPR	Arts	300	Simplecast	59
3	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
4	Bookends with Mattea Roach	CBC	Arts	167	Triton Digital	52
5	Loon Call	Ruby and Ada	Arts	25	Spotify for Podcasters	48
6	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	185	RedCircle	62
7	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	544	Audioboom	63
8	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	227	Acast	63
9	Zero to Well-Read	Book Riot	Arts	68	Megaphone	48
10	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	350	Libsyn	62
11	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	237	Megaphone	38
12	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	231	Simplecast	83
13	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Religion & Spirituality	260	Simplecast	63
14	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	548	Megaphone	58
15	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
16	The Book Review	The New York Times	Arts	3	Simplecast	48
17	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1357	Simplecast	63
18	The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	4	RSS.com	42
19	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	273	Megaphone	42
20	Shelf-Aware with Ren and Lizzy	Ren and Lizzy Browne	Arts	29	Unknown	68
21	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	38	Simplecast	43
22	Secret Life of Books	Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole	Arts	164	Acast	84
23	Parseh Podcast (پادکست پرسه)	Abbas Seyedein	Arts	77	Acast	52
24	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	431	Megaphone	48
25	Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa	Service95	Arts	53	Megaphone	58
26	One Nightstand	Bustle	Arts	53	Spotify for Podcasters	58
27	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	463	RedCircle	53
28	Close Readings	London Review of Books	Arts	230	Megaphone	73
29	Dragons in the Details: A Romantasy Deep Dive Podcast	Abby and Ronnie \| Huge Book Nerds	Arts	94	Spotify for Podcasters	37
30	On se livre	Léa Clermont-Dion et Maïka Sondarjee	Arts	25	Ausha	73
31	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Acast	28
32	Off The Shelf with Morgann Book	Bookish Media	Arts	67	Acast	63
33	Jane Austen's Paper Trail	The Conversation	Arts	8	Captivate	58
34	The Newest Olympian	Mike Schubert	Arts	277	ART19	69
35	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	845	ART19	48
36	Diving In	Virginia Seymour and Louise Jones	Arts	89	Buzzsprout	38
37	A Good Read	BBC Radio 4	Arts	398	BBC	28
38	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	451	Libsyn	68
39	The Same Page Book Club	Barstool Sports	Arts	19	Unknown	38
40	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	367	Unknown	63
41	蜜獾吃书	蜜獾吃书	Arts	206	Ximalaya	53
42	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	796	Megaphone	58
43	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	44	Acast	63
44	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	130	Libsyn	73
45	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	945	Megaphone	48
46	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	131	Megaphone	38
47	Emma - Jane Austen	Jane Austen	Arts	135	Spreaker	54
48	The Next Chapter with Antonio Michael Downing	CBC	Arts	92	Triton Digital	62
49	En attendant ma lettre de Poudlard	Harry Potter Québec	Arts	88	Acast	68
50	Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club	Reese's Book Club	Arts	62	Substack	53
51	Jane Austen Bedtime Stories	Jane Austen Bedtime Pod	Arts	266	Spotify for Podcasters	32
52	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	184	Buzzsprout	42
53	I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	1	RSS.com	48
54	Agatha Christie Radio Plays	Agatha Christie	Arts	4	Spreaker	49
55	قصه کلیدر	امیرحسین امیدی فرد	Arts	51	Unknown	63
56	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	278	Megaphone	53
57	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	425	Captivate	68
58	Toute une vie Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Books	54	N/A	N/A
59	The Art of War by Sun Tzu	Loyal Books	Arts	13	Loyal Books	49
60	The Paris Review	The Paris Review	Arts	50	PRX	53
61	Shelf Respect	Shelf Respect	Arts	22	Audioboom	48
62	The Art Of War	Sun Tzu	Arts	13	Spreaker	64
63	Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Joe Dispenza, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	1	RSS.com	42
64	Lecture du coran	Aelia Phosphore	Arts	28	Spotify for Podcasters	53
65	Agatha Christie - Man in the Brown Suit	Agatha Christie	Arts	5	Spreaker	59
66	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	422	Spotify for Podcasters	22
67	Classic Audiobooks Collection	Graham Whitmore	Arts	27	Spotify for Podcasters	32
68	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	284	Buzzsprout	68
69	Old School with Shilo Brooks	The Free Press	Arts	35	Megaphone	58
70	Take Four Books	BBC Radio 4	Arts	78	BBC	28
71	Dave’s First Crawl - a Dungeon Crawler Carl Podcast	David Ohnoki	Arts	32	Alitu	62
72	1984 or Nineteen Eighty-Four, audiobook	Anna B	Arts	24	Spreaker	43
73	The High Fae Housewives Podcast	The High Fae Housewives Podcast	Arts	125	Simplecast	52
74	In Deep Geek	indeepgeek	Arts	371	RSS.com	52
75	Wuthering Heights (Full Audiobook) by Emily Brontë	Emily Brontë	Arts	34	Spreaker	59
76	Lucy Maud Montgomery Audiobooks	Lucy Maud Montgomery	Arts	14	Spreaker	43
77	Audio Poem of the Day	Poetry Foundation	Arts	111	Simplecast	53
78	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	577	N/A	N/A
79	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	462	Libsyn	62
80	Punjabi Audiobooks By Dr. Ruminder	Ruminder Kaur	Arts	221	Spotify for Podcasters	58
81	Face à l'histoire Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	History	337	N/A	N/A
82	The Thing About Austen	The Thing About Austen	Arts	123	Pinecast	53
83	The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	41	Omny Studio	78
84	LPN Deep Dives: Crescent City	The Last Podcast Network	Arts	148	Simplecast	62
85	Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry	David Naimon, Milkweed Editions	Arts	358	Blubrry	28
86	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	497	Simplecast	69
87	Pod and Prejudice	Molly Burdick	Arts	190	RedCircle	79
88	Wilder	iHeartPodcasts	History	16	Omny Studio	69
89	Poem Talk	Poetry Foundation	Arts	99	Simplecast	53
90	The Well Read Poem	Thomas Banks	Arts	100	Libsyn	73
91	MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast	Harry Potter	Arts	796	Megaphone	42
92	Book Talk, etc.	Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks	Arts	278	Buzzsprout	62
93	Alt Shift X Podcast	Alt Shift X	Arts	105	ART19	42
94	The Stacks	Traci Thomas	Arts	530	ART19	63
95	Inklings Book Club	Jack Edwards	Arts	57	Megaphone	43
96	Sentimental Garbage	Justice for Dumb Women	Society & Culture	229	Acast	73
97	London Review Bookshop Podcast	London Review Bookshop	Arts	735	Megaphone	48
98	Poetry Off the Shelf	Poetry Foundation	Arts	99	Simplecast	53
99	Espions, une histoire vraie Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Books	68	N/A	N/A
100	Poured Over	Barnes & Noble	Arts	774	Libsyn	48

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