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 Oct 2025

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10/02/2025

Average data

Episodes: 167

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:45:35

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (7 shows)

2. The Observer (2 shows)

3. Louie Media (2 shows)

4. QUB radio (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. BBC (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	19	Omny Studio	63
2	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
3	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
4	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	165	Acast	69
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	943	Simplecast	38
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
8	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	160	Acast	43
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	42
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	357	ART19	68
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
12	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
13	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
14	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
17	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
18	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	26	American Public Media	62
19	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	439	Acast	53
20	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
21	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
22	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	441	Megaphone	32
23	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	38
24	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
25	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
26	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
27	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	120	BBC	38
28	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
29	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
30	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
31	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
32	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
33	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
34	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
35	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
36	Transgression - My Search For the REAL Trans Agenda in Saskatchewan	Todd Rennebohm	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	38
37	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	212	Acast	79
38	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
39	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
40	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
41	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
42	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
43	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
44	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	53	RedCircle	73
45	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
46	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	706	Megaphone	53
47	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
48	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
49	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
50	Les Montréalistes	lesmontreallistes	Society & Culture	17	Podbean	63
51	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	93	Libsyn	62
52	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1202	Acast	59
53	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	269	Spreaker	69
54	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	191	Ximalaya	53
55	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
56	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
57	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
58	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	170	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
60	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
61	The Powers of Darkness Podcast	Or Whatever Movies	Society & Culture	11	Libsyn	62
62	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
63	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
64	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
65	Des histoires qui résonnent : le Balado des proches aidants - animé par Marina Orsini Details temporarily unavailable	Des histoires qui résonnent : le Balado des proches aidants - Animé par Marina Orsini	Society & Culture	45	Audioboom	68
66	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
67	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
68	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
69	Cruising \| Queer History and Culture	Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	58
70	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
71	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
72	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	30	ART19	53
73	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	276	Acast	69
74	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	449	Acast	74
75	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
76	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
77	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	51	Omny Studio	48
78	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	26	Acast	83
79	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
80	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	415	BBC	28
81	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	383	Audion	58
82	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	68	Blubrry	49
83	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
84	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
85	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
86	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	516	BBC	28
87	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
88	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
89	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
90	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	126	Simplecast	53
91	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
92	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
93	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	58	Unknown	68
94	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	575	Spreaker	74
95	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
96	Au voleur	QUB radio	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	53
97	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	201	ART19	37
98	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
99	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
100	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	204	Megaphone	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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