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 20 Sep 2026

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09/20/2026

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Episodes: 266

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:57:55

Top 5 authors

1. Book Riot (2 shows)

2. CBC (2 shows)

3. The New Yorker (2 shows)

4. Agatha Christie (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (16 shows)

2. Megaphone (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Fresh Air	NPR	Arts	300	Simplecast	59
2	The Book Club	Goalhanger	Arts	34	Megaphone	73
3	The Book Review	The New York Times	Arts	2	Simplecast	48
4	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	540	Audioboom	63
5	Bookends with Mattea Roach	CBC	Arts	168	Triton Digital	52
6	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	235	Megaphone	38
7	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	178	RedCircle	42
8	Off The Shelf with Morgann Book	Bookish Media	Arts	60	Acast	63
9	On se livre	Léa Clermont-Dion et Maïka Sondarjee	Arts	23	Ausha	73
10	The Next Chapter with Antonio Michael Downing	CBC	Arts	80	Triton Digital	62
11	Prose Society with Eli Rallo	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	7	Omny Studio	42
12	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	228	Simplecast	83
13	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	213	Acast	63
14	En attendant ma lettre de Poudlard	Harry Potter Québec	Arts	85	Acast	68
15	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	37	Simplecast	43
16	BookVerse Talks	BookVerse Talks	Arts	130	Blubrry Podcasting	22
17	Naaji /ناجـی	Pari	Arts	107	Acast	59
18	Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa	Service95	Arts	49	Megaphone	58
19	Hello Crawlers - A Dungeon Crawler Carl Podcast	Grant Davis	Arts	71	Spotify for Podcasters	37
20	Marlon and Jake Read Dead People	Penguin Random House	Arts	45	Simplecast	68
21	Secret Life of Books	Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole	Arts	154	Acast	84
22	The Bookshelf Chronicles	AC Wilson	Arts	922	Spreaker	64
23	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
24	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	43	Acast	63
25	بیوگرافی	Mona	Arts	121	Acast	63
26	Close Readings	London Review of Books	Arts	222	Megaphone	73
27	Zero to Well-Read	Book Riot	Arts	60	Megaphone	48
28	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	543	Megaphone	58
29	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	450	RedCircle	53
30	The Newest Olympian	Mike Schubert	Arts	270	ART19	69
31	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	269	Megaphone	42
32	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Acast	28
33	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	837	ART19	48
34	Shelf Respect	Shelf Respect	Arts	18	Audioboom	48
35	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	933	Megaphone	48
36	Parseh Podcast (پادکست پرسه)	Abbas Seyedein	Arts	75	Acast	52
37	Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club	Plosive	Arts	135	Acast	79
38	Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry	David Naimon, Milkweed Editions	Arts	354	Blubrry	28
39	L’Odyssée d’Homère	Homère	Arts	24	Spreaker	74
40	The Stories Writers Tell Themselves	Katherine	Arts	14	Buzzsprout	47
41	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	425	Megaphone	48
42	داستان شب	DASTANESHAB	Arts	1548	Acast	49
43	The Waterstones Podcast	Waterstones	Arts	202	Spotify for Podcasters	42
44	The Thing About Austen	The Thing About Austen	Arts	121	Pinecast	53
45	Jane Austen Bedtime Stories	Jane Austen Bedtime Pod	Arts	253	Spotify for Podcasters	32
46	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	129	Libsyn	73
47	It Was A Book First	It Was A Book First	Arts	16	Captivate	68
48	Dragons in the Details: A Romantasy Deep Dive Podcast	Abby and Ronnie \| Huge Book Nerds	Arts	87	Spotify for Podcasters	37
49	Toute une vie Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Books	82	N/A	N/A
50	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
51	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	443	Libsyn	68
52	Books, Beach, & Beyond	Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine	Arts	51	Buzzsprout	73
53	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	455	Libsyn	62
54	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1324	Simplecast	63
55	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	281	Buzzsprout	68
56	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	275	Megaphone	53
57	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Classic Crime Novel by Agatha Christie	Agatha Christie	Arts	29	Spreaker	69
58	All About Agatha Christie	Christie	Arts	325	Simplecast	48
59	کتاب صوتی ناصر زراعتی - Ketab soti	Ketab soti	Arts	1231	RedCircle	48
60	MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories	Noe	Arts	140	RSS.com	21
61	3 Books With Neil Pasricha	Neil Pasricha: Bestselling Author	Arts	219	Libsyn	68
62	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	571	N/A	N/A
63	The Stacks	Traci Thomas	Arts	521	ART19	63
64	From the Front Porch	The Bookshelf Thomasville	Arts	614	Podbean	58
65	Classic Books for Sleep	Free Audiobook Library	Arts	46	Spreaker	59
66	Ryers Readers	Ashley	Arts	308	Spotify for Podcasters	33
67	Espions, une histoire vraie Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Books	68	N/A	N/A
68	Writer's Routine	Dan Simpson	Arts	420	Acast	84
69	A Good Read	BBC Radio 4	Arts	394	BBC	28
70	Radio Nadastan \| رادیو ناداستان	Radio Nadastan	Arts	45	Acast	73
71	Take Four Books	BBC Radio 4	Arts	74	BBC	28
72	Friends & Fiction	Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Ron Block, Bleav	Arts	481	Simplecast	53
73	Les lectures érotiques de Charlie	Charlie F	Arts	303	podCloud	59
74	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	418	Captivate	68
75	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	490	Simplecast	69
77	London Review Bookshop Podcast	London Review Bookshop	Arts	728	Megaphone	48
78	La Guerre et la Paix	INA	Arts	26	Octopus	64
79	پادکست جعبه // Jabe Persian Podcast (Mansour Zabetian)	Jabe podcast	Arts	49	Acast	37
80	Flights of Fantasy	Flights of Fantasy	Arts	181	Audioboom	52
81	Eleanor & Alasdair Read That	Eleanor Morton & Alasdair Beckett-King	Arts	23	Podbean	47
82	Wodcast	Into the Words	Arts	9	Unknown	79
83	In Deep Geek	indeepgeek	Arts	100	Podbean	58
84	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	346	Libsyn	62
85	Sarah's Bookshelves Live	Sarah Dickinson \| Sarah's Bookshelves	Arts	244	Libsyn	68
86	Classical Stuff You Should Know	A.J. Hanenburg, Graeme Donaldson, and Thomas Magbee	Arts	300	Squarespace	63
87	Super Scary Haunted Homeschool	Grady Hendrix	Arts	19	Buzzsprout	52
88	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	361	Unknown	63
89	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	129	Megaphone	38
90	Librivox Audiobooks	Librivox Audiobooks	Arts	651	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Cozy with Brina	Brina	Arts	82	Spotify for Podcasters	48
92	Ask Penguin	Penguin Books UK	Arts	266	Acast	59
93	Otherppl with Brad Listi	Brad Listi	Arts	1348	Megaphone	43
94	Bookreporter Talks To	Carol Fitzgerald	Arts	100	Libsyn	48
95	El Motivo - Mercedes Romero Russo	Comunidad Orsai	Arts	47	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	Dastaminophen\| شاهنامه با داستامینوفن	Dastaminophen	Arts	176	Acast	63
97	The Big Four (1927) by Agatha Christie	Agatha Christie	Arts	12	Spreaker	59
98	Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast	Jaime Fok and Freya Valerio	Arts	63	Spotify for Podcasters	58
99	Shelved By Genre	Ranged Touch	Arts	87	Blubrry	38
100	The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers	Joanna Penn	Arts	304	Blubrry	38

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