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 22 Mar 2026

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03/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 239

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 00:54:13

Top 5 authors

1. Raghvendra Singh (5 shows)

2. Book Riot (3 shows)

3. France Culture (2 shows)

4. NPR (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Acast (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (11 shows)

5. Libsyn (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Book Club	Goalhanger	Arts	37	Megaphone	73
2	Fresh Air	NPR	Arts	300	Simplecast	59
3	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
4	The Book Review	The New York Times	Arts	2	Simplecast	48
5	Bookends with Mattea Roach	CBC	Arts	169	Triton Digital	52
6	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	542	Audioboom	63
7	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	182	RedCircle	62
8	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	236	Megaphone	38
9	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	37	Simplecast	43
10	Shelf-Aware with Ren and Lizzy	Ren and Lizzy Browne	Arts	29	Unknown	68
11	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	222	Acast	63
12	Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa	Service95	Arts	50	Megaphone	58
13	The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	4	RSS.com	42
14	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	229	Simplecast	83
15	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Arts	257	Simplecast	63
16	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
17	Zero to Well-Read	Book Riot	Arts	64	Megaphone	48
18	Loon Lovers Live	Anne and Jordan	Arts	40	RSS.com	68
19	The Next Chapter with Antonio Michael Downing	CBC	Arts	86	Triton Digital	62
20	En attendant ma lettre de Poudlard	Harry Potter Québec	Arts	87	Acast	68
21	On se livre	Léa Clermont-Dion et Maïka Sondarjee	Arts	25	Ausha	73
22	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	456	RedCircle	53
23	Fantasy FanReads	Fantasy Fangirls Media Network	Arts	30	Acast	58
24	Inklings Book Club	Jack Edwards	Arts	57	Megaphone	43
25	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	129	Libsyn	73
26	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	546	Megaphone	58
27	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	272	Megaphone	42
28	Jane Austen Bedtime Stories	Jane Austen Bedtime Pod	Arts	259	Spotify for Podcasters	32
29	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	940	Megaphone	48
30	Loon Call	Ruby and Ada	Arts	25	Spotify for Podcasters	48
31	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	791	Megaphone	58
32	Gom Jabbar: A Dune Podcast	Lore Party Media	Arts	313	Megaphone	42
33	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	347	Libsyn	62
34	Off The Shelf with Morgann Book	Bookish Media	Arts	63	Acast	63
35	Emma - Jane Austen	Jane Austen	Arts	135	Spreaker	54
36	Face à l'histoire Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	History	340	N/A	N/A
37	A Good Read	BBC Radio 4	Arts	395	BBC	28
38	Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club	Reese's Book Club	Arts	62	Substack	53
39	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Acast	28
40	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	428	Megaphone	48
41	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1339	Simplecast	63
42	The Thing About Austen	The Thing About Austen	Arts	122	Pinecast	53
43	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	841	ART19	48
44	One Nightstand	Bustle	Arts	51	Spotify for Podcasters	58
45	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	448	Libsyn	68
46	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	493	Simplecast	69
47	Jane Austen's Paper Trail	The Conversation	Arts	8	Captivate	58
48	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	574	N/A	N/A
49	The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers	Joanna Penn	Arts	304	Blubrry	38
50	Cozy with Brina	Brina	Arts	84	Spotify for Podcasters	48
51	Sherlock Holmes Complete Audiobook Collection	Appbly.com	Arts	131	Spotify for Podcasters	42
52	Wuthering Heights (Full Audiobook) by Emily Brontë	Emily Brontë	Arts	34	Spreaker	59
53	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	180	Buzzsprout	42
54	The psychology of Money in English	Raja Babu	Arts	22	Spotify for Podcasters	58
55	Le Book Club Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Books	86	N/A	N/A
56	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	458	Libsyn	62
57	Toute une vie Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Books	65	N/A	N/A
58	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	423	Captivate	68
59	The Newest Olympian	Mike Schubert	Arts	274	ART19	69
60	MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast	Harry Potter	Arts	793	Megaphone	42
61	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	421	Spotify for Podcasters	22
62	蜜獾吃书	蜜獾吃书	Arts	206	Ximalaya	53
63	Close Readings	London Review of Books	Arts	226	Megaphone	73
64	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	364	Unknown	63
65	Dragons in the Details: A Romantasy Deep Dive Podcast	Abby and Ronnie \| Huge Book Nerds	Arts	90	Spotify for Podcasters	37
66	Dare to Lead by Brené Brown, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	1	RSS.com	42
67	Secret Life of Books	Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole	Arts	160	Acast	84
68	Agatha Christie Radio Plays	Agatha Christie	Arts	4	Spreaker	49
69	Reading Smut	Brea Grant, Mallory O’Meara	Arts	52	Simplecast	68
70	Write Now with Scrivener	Literature & Latte	Arts	66	Fireside	59
71	The Stacks	Traci Thomas	Arts	526	ART19	63
72	From the Front Porch	The Bookshelf Thomasville	Arts	616	Podbean	58
73	The Clearing with Katherine May	Katherine May	Arts	100	Acast	79
74	Hello Crawlers - A Dungeon Crawler Carl Podcast	Grant Davis	Arts	74	Spotify for Podcasters	37
75	The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	1	RSS.com	48
76	Shelved By Genre	Ranged Touch	Arts	89	Blubrry	38
77	Velshi Banned Book Club	MSNBC	Arts	24	Simplecast	69
78	下一本讀什麼？	閱讀前哨站瓦基	Arts	661	Firstory	59
79	The Wheel Weaves Podcast: A Wheel of Time Podcast	Dani and Brett	Arts	517	Spreaker	53
80	3 Books With Neil Pasricha	Neil Pasricha: Bestselling Author	Arts	221	Libsyn	68
81	Sentimental Garbage	Justice for Dumb Women	Arts	227	Acast	73
82	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	276	Megaphone	53
83	PLOT TWIST	Soman Chainani and Victoria Aveyard	Arts	69	Acast	63
84	Take Four Books	BBC Radio 4	Arts	76	BBC	28
85	What Happened Next: a podcast about newish books	Nathan Whitlock	Arts	176	Acast	37
86	The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	1	RSS.com	42
87	The First Draft Club	By Mary Adkins \| Author & Book Writing Coach	Arts	170	Podbean	52
88	London Review Bookshop Podcast	London Review Bookshop	Arts	732	Megaphone	48
89	Eleanor & Alasdair Read That	Eleanor Morton & Alasdair Beckett-King	Arts	23	Podbean	47
90	Naaji /ناجـی	Pari	Arts	107	Acast	59
91	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	43	Acast	63
92	Storytime for Grownups	Faith Moore	Arts	261	Buzzsprout	52
93	Pagenerd	by the pagenerds	Arts	21	Simplecast	73
94	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	282	Buzzsprout	68
95	No Write Way with V. E. Schwab	V. E. Schwab (Author)	Arts	68	Spotify for Podcasters	52
96	Audiobook Café	Accessible Media Inc.	Arts	343	Simplecast	73
97	Old School with Shilo Brooks	The Free Press	Arts	35	Megaphone	58
98	All the Books!	Book Riot	Arts	1072	Megaphone	63
99	The Art of Spending Money by Morgan Housel, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Books	1	N/A	N/A
100	Ryers Readers	Ashley	Arts	308	Spotify for Podcasters	33

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