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 14 Mar 2026

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03/14/2026

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Episodes: 265

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:57:05

Top 5 authors

1. Book Riot (2 shows)

2. Agatha Christie (2 shows)

3. Raghvendra Singh (2 shows)

4. The New Yorker (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Acast (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Book Club	Goalhanger	Arts	33	Megaphone	73
2	Fresh Air	NPR	Arts	300	Simplecast	59
3	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
4	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	540	Audioboom	63
5	Bookends with Mattea Roach	CBC	Arts	169	Triton Digital	52
6	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	178	RedCircle	42
7	Loon Call	Ruby and Ada	Arts	25	Spotify for Podcasters	48
8	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	227	Simplecast	83
9	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	211	Acast	63
10	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	235	Megaphone	38
11	Zero to Well-Read	Book Riot	Arts	59	Megaphone	48
12	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Arts	257	Simplecast	63
13	The Book Review	The New York Times	Arts	2	Simplecast	48
14	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	345	Libsyn	62
15	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
16	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	37	Simplecast	43
17	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1320	Simplecast	63
18	Shelf-Aware with Ren and Lizzy	Ren and Lizzy Browne	Arts	29	Unknown	68
19	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	542	Megaphone	58
20	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	268	Megaphone	42
21	Secret Life of Books	Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole	Arts	152	Acast	84
22	One Nightstand	Bustle	Arts	46	Spotify for Podcasters	58
23	Off The Shelf with Morgann Book	Bookish Media	Arts	59	Acast	63
24	The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	4	RSS.com	42
25	Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa	Service95	Arts	49	Megaphone	58
26	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	424	Megaphone	48
27	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	129	Megaphone	38
28	Wuthering Heights (Full Audiobook) by Emily Brontë	Emily Brontë	Arts	34	Spreaker	59
29	Agatha Christie Radio Plays	Agatha Christie	Arts	4	Spreaker	49
30	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	448	RedCircle	53
31	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	360	Unknown	63
32	A Good Read	BBC Radio 4	Arts	394	BBC	28
33	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	42	Acast	69
34	Parseh Podcast (پادکست پرسه)	Abbas Seyedein	Arts	75	Acast	52
35	Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club	Reese's Book Club	Arts	62	Substack	53
36	The Newest Olympian	Mike Schubert	Arts	269	ART19	69
37	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	836	ART19	48
38	Jane Austen's Paper Trail	The Conversation	Arts	8	Captivate	58
39	Dragons in the Details: A Romantasy Deep Dive Podcast	Abby and Ronnie \| Huge Book Nerds	Arts	86	Spotify for Podcasters	37
40	Face à l'histoire Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	History	337	N/A	N/A
41	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	177	Buzzsprout	42
42	En attendant ma lettre de Poudlard	Harry Potter Québec	Arts	85	Acast	68
43	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Blubrry	38
44	Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry	David Naimon, Milkweed Editions	Arts	353	Blubrry	28
45	The Same Page Book Club	Barstool Sports	Arts	15	Unknown	38
46	Shelved By Genre	Ranged Touch	Arts	87	Blubrry	38
47	The Next Chapter with Antonio Michael Downing	CBC	Arts	78	Triton Digital	62
48	Close Readings	London Review of Books	Arts	222	Megaphone	73
49	On se livre	Léa Clermont-Dion et Maïka Sondarjee	Arts	23	Ausha	73
50	Shelf Respect	Shelf Respect	Arts	17	Audioboom	48
51	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	442	Libsyn	68
52	هزارداستانHazardastan	Mehran mantashi	Arts	1973	Acast	80
53	Inklings Book Club	Jack Edwards	Arts	57	Megaphone	43
54	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	489	Simplecast	69
55	Podcast – Cory Doctorow's craphound.com	Cory Doctorow	Arts	718	Unknown	32
56	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	570	N/A	N/A
57	Jane Austen Bedtime Stories	Jane Austen Bedtime Pod	Arts	251	Spotify for Podcasters	32
58	Conversations chez Lapérouse	Frédéric Beigbeder	Arts	92	Ausha	73
59	Emma - Jane Austen	Jane Austen	Arts	135	Spreaker	54
60	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	785	Megaphone	58
61	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	129	Libsyn	73
62	I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	1	RSS.com	48
63	The Thing About Austen	The Thing About Austen	Arts	121	Pinecast	53
64	蜜獾吃书	蜜獾吃书	Arts	206	Ximalaya	53
65	Diving In	Virginia Seymour and Louise Jones	Arts	89	Buzzsprout	38
66	The High Fae Housewives Podcast	The High Fae Housewives Podcast	Arts	111	Simplecast	47
67	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	420	Spotify for Podcasters	22
68	The Stacks	Traci Thomas	Arts	521	ART19	63
69	In Deep Geek	indeepgeek	Arts	100	Podbean	58
70	Poured Over	Barnes & Noble	Arts	751	Libsyn	48
71	Toute une vie Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Books	86	N/A	N/A
72	Lecture du coran	Aelia Phosphore	Arts	28	Spotify for Podcasters	53
73	Wilder	iHeartPodcasts	History	16	Omny Studio	69
74	Book Talk, etc.	Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks	Arts	271	Buzzsprout	62
75	Gay Erotica by Liam Williams	Liam Williams	Arts	82	Captivate	58
76	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	932	Megaphone	48
77	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	274	Megaphone	53
78	Poetry Off the Shelf	Poetry Foundation	Arts	99	Simplecast	53
79	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	418	Captivate	68
80	365读书\|精选美文	365读书	Arts	2014	Ximalaya	43
81	From the Front Porch	The Bookshelf Thomasville	Arts	612	Podbean	58
82	下一本讀什麼？	閱讀前哨站瓦基	Arts	650	Firstory	59
83	Sunday Miscellany	RTÉ Radio 1	Arts	102	Unknown	43
84	Conversations chez Lapérouse	Radio Classique	Arts	90	Audiomeans	48
85	The Paris Review	The Paris Review	Arts	51	PRX	59
86	Pod and Prejudice	Molly Burdick	Arts	186	RedCircle	79
87	2 To Ramble	Austin & Richard	Arts	387	RedCircle	48
88	Old School with Shilo Brooks	The Free Press	Arts	35	Megaphone	58
89	Cozy with Brina	Brina	Arts	81	Spotify for Podcasters	48
90	Flights of Fantasy	Flights of Fantasy	Arts	180	Audioboom	52
91	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	454	Libsyn	62
92	姐姐好读sisreads	sisreads	Arts	83	Fireside	79
93	Old Books with Grace	Dr. Grace Hamman	Arts	97	Podbean	52
94	MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast	Harry Potter	Arts	789	Megaphone	42
95	Alt Shift X Podcast	Alt Shift X	Arts	105	ART19	42
96	Dave’s First Crawl - a Dungeon Crawler Carl Podcast	David Ohnoki	Arts	32	Alitu	62
97	Frank Delaney's Re: Joyce	Frank Delaney	Arts	402	Libsyn	43
98	The Lost Cat Podcast	A P Clarke	Fiction	49	Libsyn	32
99	Keeping Up With Trevor Noah	Kiara Sanders	Arts	4	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	Agatha Christie - Man in the Brown Suit	Agatha Christie	Arts	5	Spreaker	59

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