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 29 janv. 2026

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01/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 280

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:53:12

Top 5 authors

1. Raghvendra Singh (5 shows)

2. Augustine Institute (2 shows)

3. CBC (2 shows)

4. NPR (2 shows)

5. The New Yorker (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Acast (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Fresh Air	NPR	Arts	300	Simplecast	59
2	Face à l'histoire Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	History	337	N/A	N/A
3	Zero to Well-Read	Book Riot	Arts	59	Megaphone	48
4	The Book Review	The New York Times	Arts	2	Simplecast	48
5	Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa	Service95	Arts	48	Megaphone	58
6	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	235	Megaphone	38
7	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	540	Audioboom	63
8	Shelf-Aware with Ren and Lizzy	Ren and Lizzy Browne	Arts	29	Unknown	68
9	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	177	RedCircle	42
10	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	211	Acast	63
11	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
12	Bookends with Mattea Roach	CBC	Arts	168	Triton Digital	52
13	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	227	Simplecast	83
14	On se livre	Léa Clermont-Dion et Maïka Sondarjee	Arts	22	Ausha	73
15	The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	4	RSS.com	42
16	Old School with Shilo Brooks	The Free Press	Arts	35	Megaphone	58
17	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	268	Megaphone	42
18	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	542	Megaphone	58
19	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	448	RedCircle	53
20	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	129	Libsyn	73
21	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
22	Was It Good?: A Literary Podcast	Rowan Li and Sidney Robichaud	Arts	2	Blubrry	52
23	The Next Chapter with Antonio Michael Downing	CBC	Arts	78	Triton Digital	62
24	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	274	Megaphone	53
25	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Arts	257	Simplecast	63
26	Jane Austen Bedtime Stories	Jane Austen Bedtime Pod	Arts	251	Spotify for Podcasters	32
27	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	42	Acast	69
28	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	836	ART19	48
29	蜜獾吃书	蜜獾吃书	Arts	206	Ximalaya	53
30	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	931	Megaphone	48
31	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	420	Spotify for Podcasters	22
32	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	785	Megaphone	58
33	Secret Life of Books	Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole	Arts	152	Acast	84
34	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Blubrry	38
35	A Good Read	BBC Radio 4	Arts	394	BBC	28
36	The Newest Olympian	Mike Schubert	Arts	269	ART19	69
37	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	129	Megaphone	38
38	Jane Austen's Paper Trail	The Conversation	Arts	8	Captivate	58
39	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1318	Simplecast	63
40	Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry	David Naimon, Milkweed Editions	Arts	353	Blubrry	28
41	Book Talk, etc.	Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks	Arts	271	Buzzsprout	62
42	In Deep Geek	indeepgeek	Arts	100	Podbean	58
43	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	454	Libsyn	62
44	Off The Shelf with Morgann Book	Bookish Media	Arts	59	Acast	63
45	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	360	Unknown	63
46	پادکست قصه گو	Soroush H.	Arts	53	Castbox	42
47	Alt Shift X Podcast	Alt Shift X	Arts	105	ART19	42
48	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	570	N/A	N/A
49	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	424	Megaphone	48
50	Close Reads Podcast	Goldberry Studios	Arts	518	Substack	43
51	MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast	Harry Potter	Arts	788	Megaphone	42
52	StoryKind	Kelly Yang	Arts	21	Unknown	73
53	Le Book Club Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Books	86	N/A	N/A
54	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	441	Libsyn	68
55	下一本讀什麼？	閱讀前哨站瓦基	Arts	650	Firstory	59
56	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	418	Captivate	68
57	Toute une vie Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Books	86	N/A	N/A
58	Inklings Book Club	Jack Edwards	Arts	57	Megaphone	43
59	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	280	Buzzsprout	68
60	Podcast – Cory Doctorow's craphound.com	Cory Doctorow	Arts	718	Unknown	32
61	The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	1	RSS.com	42
62	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	37	Simplecast	43
63	En attendant ma lettre de Poudlard	Harry Potter Québec	Arts	85	Acast	68
64	姐姐好读sisreads	sisreads	Arts	83	Fireside	79
65	NARDWAR PODCAST - SHEROON	SHEROON	Arts	6	Unknown	58
66	Atomic Habits by James Clear, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	2	RSS.com	42
67	Hello Crawlers - A Dungeon Crawler Carl Podcast	Grant Davis	Arts	70	Spotify for Podcasters	37
68	The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers	Joanna Penn	Arts	304	Blubrry	38
69	Well-Read	Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman	Arts	100	Podbean	48
70	The James Herriot Podcast from the World of James Herriot visitor attraction in Thirsk	World of James Herriot Visitor Atraction in Thirsk	Arts	9	Spotify for Podcasters	22
71	Cozy with Brina	Brina	Arts	80	Spotify for Podcasters	48
72	The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience	Kelton Reid	Arts	531	Megaphone	48
73	Sentimental Garbage	Justice for Dumb Women	Arts	227	Acast	73
74	The High 5 Habit by Mel Robbins, Book Summary, Podcast, English	Raghvendra Singh	Arts	1	RSS.com	48
75	The Clearing with Katherine May	Katherine May	Arts	96	Acast	79
76	Agatha Christie Radio Plays	Agatha Christie	Arts	4	Spreaker	49
77	Lord of the Rings Lorecast - J.R.R. Tolkien's World & Writings Explained	Robots Radio	Arts	230	RedCircle	63
78	The Worst Bestsellers	Worst Bestsellers	Arts	307	Blubrry Podcasting	32
79	Book Talk for BookTok	Cloud10	Arts	440	Megaphone	79
80	1984 or Nineteen Eighty-Four, audiobook	Anna B	Arts	24	Spreaker	43
81	Mythgard's Exploring The Lord of the Rings	Mythgard Institute	Arts	384	Fireside	53
82	Speculative Fiction Writing Made Simple: How to Write, Edit, and Publish Your Debut Fantasy, Science Fiction, or Dystopian Novel	Heather Davis, Writing Coach, Book Coach, and Developmental Editor, Many Worlds Writing	Arts	55	Buzzsprout	48
83	Take Four Books	BBC Radio 4	Arts	73	BBC	28
84	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	176	Buzzsprout	42
85	Fictional	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser \| Nextpod	Arts	58	Libsyn	63
86	داستان شب	DASTANESHAB	Arts	1544	Acast	49
87	U of A Reads: Stories Behind the Stories	University of Alberta, Office of Alumni Relations	Arts	7	Buzzsprout	48
88	Hardcore Literature	Benjamin McEvoy	Arts	91	Libsyn	63
89	Flights of Fantasy	Flights of Fantasy	Arts	180	Audioboom	52
90	Conversations chez Lapérouse	Frédéric Beigbeder	Arts	92	Ausha	73
91	کتاب صوتی ناصر زراعتی - Ketab soti	Ketab soti	Arts	1224	RedCircle	48
92	London Review Bookshop Podcast	London Review Bookshop	Arts	727	Megaphone	48
93	Agatha Christie - Man in the Brown Suit	Agatha Christie	Arts	5	Spreaker	59
94	The psychology of Money in English	Raja Babu	Arts	22	Spotify for Podcasters	58
95	Daily Mass Readings	Augustine Institute	Arts	815	Simplecast	58
96	Dragons in the Details: A Crescent City & Maasverse Deep Dive Podcast	Abby and Ronnie \| Huge Book Nerds	Arts	85	Spotify for Podcasters	37
97	Totally Booked with Zibby	Zibby Owens	Arts	2000	Acast	79
98	The Mamba Mentality: How I Play by Kobe Bryant, Book Summary, Podcast, English Details temporarily unavailable	Raghvendra Singh	Books	1	N/A	N/A
99	Secret Third Thing	Germán S. Díaz del Castillo, Virginia Aabram	Arts	5	Simplecast	53
100	The Stacks	Traci Thomas	Arts	520	ART19	63

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