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 02 Jun 2026

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06/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 163

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:46:41

Top 5 authors

1. Tortoise Media (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

4. Audible (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. BBC (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
2	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
3	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	158	Acast	43
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
6	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
7	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
8	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	28	Spreaker	84
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
10	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
11	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
12	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
13	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
16	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	22	ART19	73
17	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
18	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
19	EXTRAS	Studio SF	Society & Culture	11	Acast	53
20	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
21	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
22	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
23	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
24	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	86	Unknown	63
25	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
26	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
27	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
28	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
29	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
30	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
31	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
32	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	140	N/A	N/A
33	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
34	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
35	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	104	BBC	38
36	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
37	We the Unhoused	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	130	Omny Studio	48
38	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	124	Buzzsprout	53
39	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	52
40	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
41	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
42	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
43	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
44	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
45	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
46	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
47	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
48	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
49	Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	22	Captivate	73
50	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
51	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
52	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
53	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
54	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
55	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	75	Spreaker	43
56	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
57	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
58	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
59	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
60	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
61	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
62	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
63	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
64	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
65	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	166	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
67	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	228	Acast	43
68	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
69	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
70	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
72	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
73	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
74	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
75	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	83
76	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
77	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
78	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	376	Audion	58
79	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
80	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
81	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
82	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
83	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	151	Spotify for Podcasters	52
84	Our Common Nature	WNYC	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
85	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
86	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	350	Simplecast	78
87	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
88	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	78	Megaphone	62
89	Direct Action Combat Podcast	infopnb	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	41
90	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
91	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
92	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
93	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
94	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
95	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
96	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
97	J'aime Hydro - édition 2019	Porte Parole	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	43
98	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
99	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
100	Autoimmunity and the Good Girls: Behind-the-Page with Sara Hirsh Bordo	Women Rising®	Society & Culture	10	Podbean	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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