Apple Podcast Rankings - Canada - Documentary

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 01 Jan 2026

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01/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 190

Frequency: every 247 days

Duration: 00:46:03

Top 5 authors

1. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

2. CBC (2 shows)

3. BBC (2 shows)

4. The Telegraph (2 shows)

5. Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. BBC (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
2	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
3	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
5	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
6	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	52
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
10	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	158	Acast	43
11	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	26	Spreaker	84
12	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
13	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
14	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	215	Megaphone	38
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
17	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
18	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	32
20	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	106	BBC	38
21	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
22	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
23	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
24	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
25	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	702	Megaphone	53
26	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
27	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	433	Acast	53
28	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
29	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
30	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
31	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
32	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
33	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
34	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	266	Spreaker	69
35	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
36	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
37	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
38	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
39	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	17	Acast	59
40	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
41	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	48
42	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
43	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
44	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
45	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	376	Audion	58
46	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
47	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	445	Acast	74
48	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
49	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
50	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
51	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	166	Spotify for Podcasters	28
52	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
53	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
54	The Arctic Edge	Agnico Eagle	Society & Culture	17	Spreaker	84
55	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	71	Triton Digital	63
56	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
57	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
58	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
59	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
60	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
61	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
62	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
63	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
64	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
65	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
66	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
67	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
68	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
69	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
70	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	91	Libsyn	62
71	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
73	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
74	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
75	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
76	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
77	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
78	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
79	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	163	Omny Studio	69
80	Adrfit	The Adrift Podcast	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
81	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
82	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
83	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
84	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	126	Simplecast	53
85	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
86	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
87	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
88	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
89	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
90	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
91	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
92	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
93	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
94	The Other Latif	WNYC Studios	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
95	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
96	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
97	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	55	Audiomeans	73
98	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
99	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	98	Omny Studio	89
100	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	58	Unknown	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

The podcast landscape in Canada is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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