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 21 May 2025

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05/21/2025

Average data

Episodes: 256

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:57:17

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. France Inter (3 shows)

3. Agatha Christie (3 shows)

4. Poetry Foundation (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (10 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Unknown (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	168	Triton Digital	52
3	A Good Read	BBC Radio 4	Arts	398	BBC	28
4	Face à l'histoire Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	History	337	N/A	N/A
5	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	237	Megaphone	38
6	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	544	Audioboom	63
7	The Book Review	The New York Times	Arts	3	Simplecast	48
8	The Next Chapter with Antonio Michael Downing	CBC	Arts	92	Triton Digital	62
9	Witches of Scotland	claire mitchell and zoe venditozzi	Society & Culture	87	Unknown	58
10	Podcast – Cory Doctorow's craphound.com	Cory Doctorow	Arts	757	Unknown	32
11	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	185	RedCircle	62
12	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	227	Acast	63
13	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	231	Simplecast	83
14	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	44	Acast	63
15	Off The Shelf with Morgann Book	Bookish Media	Arts	66	Acast	63
16	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	462	RedCircle	53
17	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	350	Libsyn	62
18	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
19	What Happened Next: a podcast about newish books	Nathan Whitlock	Arts	181	Acast	37
20	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Religion & Spirituality	259	Simplecast	63
21	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	367	Unknown	63
22	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	274	Megaphone	42
23	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Blubrry	32
24	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1355	Simplecast	63
25	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	548	Megaphone	58
26	Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry	David Naimon, Milkweed Editions	Arts	358	Blubrry	28
27	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	130	Libsyn	73
28	LalaLand \| لالالند	4rah computer	Arts	13	Acast	84
29	Take Four Books	BBC Radio 4	Arts	78	BBC	28
30	Dastaminophen\| شاهنامه با داستامینوفن	Dastaminophen	Arts	179	Acast	63
31	Sentimental Garbage	Justice for Dumb Women	Society & Culture	228	Acast	73
32	رادیو گوشه	رادیو گوشه	Arts	33	Unknown	59
33	The Next Big Idea	Next Big Idea Club	Education	376	Megaphone	53
34	Flights of Fantasy	Flights of Fantasy	Arts	188	Audioboom	52
35	Espions, une histoire vraie Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Books	68	N/A	N/A
36	Writer's Routine	Dan Simpson	Arts	424	Acast	84
37	بیوگرافی	Mona	Arts	128	Acast	63
38	The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience	Kelton Reid	Arts	541	Megaphone	48
39	Naaji /ناجـی	Pari	Arts	110	Acast	59
40	Traditional Catholic Audiobooks	SGZ	Arts	111	Spotify for Podcasters	28
41	پادکست ناوکست / Navcast	Roshan Abady	Arts	73	Unknown	48
42	蜜獾吃书	蜜獾吃书	Arts	206	Ximalaya	53
43	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	461	Libsyn	62
44	The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	41	Omny Studio	78
45	Toute une vie Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Books	59	N/A	N/A
46	En attendant ma lettre de Poudlard	Harry Potter Québec	Arts	88	Acast	68
47	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	576	N/A	N/A
48	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	845	ART19	48
49	Reading Smut	Brea Grant, Mallory O’Meara	Arts	54	Simplecast	68
50	The Panelists	Jaysen Headley	Arts	3	Acast	69
51	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	278	Megaphone	53
52	Agatha Christie's - Poirot Investigates	Agatha Christie	Arts	11	Spreaker	49
53	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	184	Buzzsprout	42
54	Classic Audiobook Collection	Classic Audiobook Collection LLC	Arts	2000	Megaphone	48
55	Opening Lines	BBC Radio 4	Arts	142	BBC	38
56	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	38	Simplecast	43
57	Torchon	Léa Bory	Arts	84	Audiomeans	73
58	Totally Booked with Zibby	Zibby Owens	Arts	2000	Acast	79
59	Books Unbound	Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay	Arts	332	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	哇賽讀心書	哇賽心理學	Arts	108	SoundOn	38
61	The World of Wodehouse	Alexander Armstrong	Arts	14	RSS.com	53
62	Slow Learners	Asher Dark + John Semley	Arts	24	Spotify for Podcasters	53
63	Ask Penguin	Penguin Books UK	Arts	268	Acast	59
64	Les Admirations littéraires Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Books	7	N/A	N/A
65	Persuasion by Jane Austen	Dream audio books	Arts	24	Spreaker	59
66	Just King Things	Ranged Touch	Arts	80	Blubrry	43
67	پادکست آذرخش مکری	Dr Azarakhsh mokri	Arts	99	Spotify for Podcasters	53
68	Audio Poem of the Day	Poetry Foundation	Arts	111	Simplecast	53
69	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Loyal Books	Arts	12	Loyal Books	49
70	Close Readings	London Review of Books	Arts	229	Megaphone	73
71	Dragons in the Details: A Romantasy Deep Dive Podcast	Abby and Ronnie \| Huge Book Nerds	Arts	93	Spotify for Podcasters	37
72	Book Talk, etc.	Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks	Arts	278	Buzzsprout	62
73	Great Audiobooks	Great Literature	Arts	2000	RedCircle	43
74	پادکست فارسی انسانک \| Ensanak	Hesam Ipakchi	Arts	69	Unknown	53
75	"A Tale of Two Cities" Audiobook (Audio book)	Charles Dickens performed by Jane Aker	Arts	32	Unknown	43
76	Agatha Christie - Man in the Brown Suit	Agatha Christie	Arts	5	Spreaker	59
77	The Paris Review	The Paris Review	Arts	50	PRX	53
78	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	431	Megaphone	48
79	Writers on Writing	Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone	Arts	100	Squarespace	48
80	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	284	Buzzsprout	68
81	Animal Farm, audiobook	Anna B	Arts	10	Spreaker	49
82	Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men	Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes	Arts	570	Blubrry Podcasting	73
83	The Thing About Austen	The Thing About Austen	Arts	123	Pinecast	53
84	Cozy with Brina	Brina	Arts	84	Spotify for Podcasters	48
85	The Substack Podcast	The Substack team	Arts	65	Substack	38
86	알릴레오 북's Details temporarily unavailable	사람사는세상노무현재단	Books	274	N/A	N/A
87	Spirit Wings Podcast (a wings of fire podcast)	Spirit Wings Podcast	Arts	79	Substack	43
88	리딩 케미스트리	이다혜,밀리의 서재	Arts	86	Spotify for Podcasters	48
89	پادکست جعبه // Jabe Persian Podcast (Mansour Zabetian)	Jabe podcast	Arts	49	Acast	37
90	The Jane Austen Podcast	Bekky C	Arts	8	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	Shakespeare For All	Maria Devlin McNair	Arts	50	Simplecast	74
92	牛哥講經丨廣東話哲學、書籍分享	讀物農莊 Anybooks Farm	Arts	269	Spotify for Podcasters	48
93	Parseh Podcast (پادکست پرسه)	Abbas Seyedein	Arts	77	Acast	52
94	The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie Details temporarily unavailable	Agatha Christie	Arts	8	Spreaker	59
95	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	425	Captivate	68
96	Well-Read	Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman	Arts	100	Podbean	48
97	ketabgard \| کتابگرد	Ketabgard کتابگرد	Arts	130	Acast	74
98	Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read	Adriana Trigiani	Arts	176	Megaphone	48
99	Poetry Off the Shelf	Poetry Foundation	Arts	99	Simplecast	53
100	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	422	Spotify for Podcasters	22

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