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 30 Aug 2026

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08/30/2026

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Episodes: 268

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:52:34

Top 5 authors

1. CBC (2 shows)

2. The New Yorker (2 shows)

3. NPR (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. France Culture (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (14 shows)

2. Acast (12 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Fresh Air	NPR	Arts	300	Simplecast	59
2	The Book Club	Goalhanger	Arts	40	Megaphone	73
3	The Book Review	The New York Times	Arts	3	Simplecast	48
4	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	543	Audioboom	63
5	Bookends with Mattea Roach	CBC	Arts	168	Triton Digital	52
6	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	237	Megaphone	38
7	Naaji /ناجـی	Pari	Arts	109	Acast	59
8	Prose Society with Eli Rallo	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	13	Omny Studio	62
9	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	184	RedCircle	62
10	Off The Shelf with Morgann Book	Bookish Media	Arts	66	Acast	63
11	On se livre	Léa Clermont-Dion et Maïka Sondarjee	Arts	25	Ausha	73
12	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	38	Simplecast	43
13	Otherppl with Brad Listi \| Books & Culture	Brad Listi	Arts	1361	Megaphone	38
14	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	273	Megaphone	42
15	The Stories Writers Tell Themselves	Katherine	Arts	14	Buzzsprout	47
16	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	227	Acast	63
17	The Next Chapter with Antonio Michael Downing	CBC	Arts	92	Triton Digital	62
18	Hello Crawlers - A Dungeon Crawler Carl Podcast	Grant Davis	Arts	77	Spotify for Podcasters	37
19	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	231	Simplecast	83
20	Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa	Service95	Arts	52	Megaphone	58
21	Positive Distraction with Alexander McCall Smith	Alexander McCall Smith	Arts	13	Spotify for Podcasters	52
22	Blank's Library	Blank A. Bello	Arts	76	Spreaker	84
23	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Acast	28
24	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	547	Megaphone	58
25	Wodcast	Into the Words	Arts	12	Unknown	79
26	Strong Sense of Place \| Travel Through Books	Melissa & Dave	Arts	239	Megaphone	58
27	En attendant ma lettre de Poudlard	Harry Potter Québec	Arts	88	Acast	68
28	Jane Austen Bedtime Stories	Jane Austen Bedtime Pod	Arts	265	Spotify for Podcasters	32
29	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
30	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	367	Unknown	63
31	Espions, une histoire vraie Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Books	68	N/A	N/A
32	Parseh Podcast (پادکست پرسه)	Abbas Seyedein	Arts	76	Acast	52
33	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
34	Podcast – Cory Doctorow's craphound.com	Cory Doctorow	Arts	757	Unknown	32
35	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	131	Megaphone	38
36	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	845	ART19	48
37	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	462	RedCircle	53
38	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	576	N/A	N/A
39	It Was A Book First	It Was A Book First	Arts	23	Captivate	68
40	Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry	David Naimon, Milkweed Editions	Arts	358	Blubrry	28
41	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	130	Libsyn	73
42	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1353	Simplecast	63
43	Books, Beach, & Beyond	Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine	Arts	51	Buzzsprout	73
44	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Classic Crime Novel by Agatha Christie	Agatha Christie	Arts	29	Spreaker	69
45	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	277	Megaphone	53
46	Zero to Well-Read	Book Riot	Arts	67	Megaphone	48
47	Shelved By Genre	Ranged Touch	Arts	90	Blubrry	38
48	In Deep Geek	indeepgeek	Arts	367	RSS.com	52
49	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	431	Megaphone	48
50	The Newest Olympian	Mike Schubert	Arts	277	ART19	69
51	Secret Life of Books	Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole	Arts	163	Acast	84
52	3 Books With Neil Pasricha	Neil Pasricha: Bestselling Author	Arts	222	Libsyn	68
53	下一本讀什麼？	閱讀前哨站瓦基	Arts	668	Firstory	59
54	Spoil Me! Dungeon Crawler Carl	UNspoiled! Network	Arts	118	Spreaker	38
55	پادکست آذرخش مکری	Dr Azarakhsh mokri	Arts	99	Spotify for Podcasters	53
56	BookVerse Talks	BookVerse Talks	Arts	130	Blubrry Podcasting	22
57	Toute une vie Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Books	59	N/A	N/A
58	Polars, thrillers et autres frissons Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Books	56	N/A	N/A
59	All About Agatha Christie	Christie	Arts	327	Simplecast	48
60	Dragons in the Details: A Romantasy Deep Dive Podcast	Abby and Ronnie \| Huge Book Nerds	Arts	93	Spotify for Podcasters	37
61	Gay Erotica by Liam Williams	Liam Williams	Arts	84	Captivate	58
62	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	44	Acast	63
63	Sarah's Bookshelves Live	Sarah Dickinson \| Sarah's Bookshelves	Arts	248	Libsyn	68
64	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	425	Captivate	68
65	Mythgard's Exploring The Lord of the Rings	Mythgard Institute	Arts	386	Fireside	53
66	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	461	Libsyn	62
67	Writers on Writing	Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone	Arts	100	Squarespace	48
68	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	795	Megaphone	58
69	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	284	Buzzsprout	68
70	The Clearing with Katherine May	Katherine May	Arts	101	Acast	79
71	AMP Audiobooks : Amplifying the Joy of Fanfiction	AMP Audiobooks	Arts	465	Spotify for Podcasters	48
72	La Guerre et la Paix	INA	Arts	26	Octopus	64
73	Take Four Books	BBC Radio 4	Arts	78	BBC	28
74	Close Readings	London Review of Books	Arts	229	Megaphone	73
75	The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers	Joanna Penn	Arts	304	Blubrry	38
76	Ask Penguin	Penguin Books UK	Arts	268	Acast	59
77	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	496	Simplecast	69
78	Flights of Fantasy	Flights of Fantasy	Arts	187	Audioboom	52
79	The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast	The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast	Arts	266	Squarespace	27
80	داستان شب	DASTANESHAB	Arts	1571	Acast	49
81	أسمار	Mics مايكس	Arts	117	Podeo	53
82	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	944	Megaphone	48
83	Fantasy FanFellas	Fantasy Fangirls Media Network	Arts	48	Acast	69
84	深夜放讀	任性小編	Arts	3	SoundOn	38
85	کتاب صوتی ناصر زراعتی - Ketab soti	Ketab soti	Arts	1264	RedCircle	48
86	War and Peace, Volume 2 (Maude Translation)	Leo Tolstoy	Books	99	N/A	N/A
87	Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club	Reese's Book Club	Arts	62	Substack	53
88	All the Young Dudes - Audiobook	Nem - he/him	Arts	55	Spotify for Podcasters	17
89	A Good Read	BBC Radio 4	Arts	398	BBC	28
90	Sherlock Holmes Complete Audiobook Collection	Appbly.com	Arts	131	Spotify for Podcasters	42
91	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	422	Spotify for Podcasters	22
92	LPN Deep Dives: Crescent City	The Last Podcast Network	Arts	147	Simplecast	62
93	From the Front Porch	The Bookshelf Thomasville	Arts	620	Podbean	58
94	DTFae	DTFae Podcast	Arts	199	Buzzsprout	48
95	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	450	Libsyn	68
96	Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men	Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes	Arts	570	Blubrry Podcasting	73
97	كنوز السيرة للشيخ عثمان الخميس	Podcast Record	Arts	58	Simplecast	72
98	Scholé Every Day: A Book Club for Regular People	Brandy Vencel, Mystie Winckler, and Abby Wahl	Arts	2	Libsyn	42
99	پادکست فارسی انسانک \| Ensanak	Hesam Ipakchi	Arts	69	Unknown	53
100	Kindred Spirits Book Club	Ragon Duffy and Kelly Gerner	Arts	100	Podbean	62

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