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 03 Apr 2025

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04/03/2025

Average data

Episodes: 178

Frequency: every 239 days

Duration: 00:45:37

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (4 shows)

3. CBC (3 shows)

4. BBC (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (11 shows)

4. BBC (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
3	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	162	Acast	43
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	946	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
6	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
7	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	359	ART19	68
9	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	29	American Public Media	62
10	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
11	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	315	Megaphone	42
12	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
16	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
17	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	102	BBC	53
18	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	220	Megaphone	38
19	The Superhero Complex	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
20	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	168	Acast	69
21	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	31	Acast	83
22	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	95	Libsyn	62
23	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	59	PRX	74
24	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
25	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
26	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
27	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	445	Megaphone	32
28	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
29	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	444	Acast	53
30	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
31	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
32	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	273	Spreaker	69
33	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
34	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	286	Megaphone	43
35	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	194	Ximalaya	53
36	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
37	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	390	Audion	58
38	Queries	TVO	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	59
39	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	100	WideOrbit	68
40	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
41	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	53
42	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	133	BBC	38
43	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
44	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
45	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	463	RedCircle	59
46	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	215	Acast	79
47	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	453	Acast	74
48	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
49	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
50	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
51	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
52	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
53	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	374	Omny Studio	73
54	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
55	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	129	Simplecast	53
56	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
57	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	147	Captivate	38
58	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
59	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	711	Megaphone	53
60	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
61	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
62	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	Split Screen: There Goes My Childhood	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	58
64	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
65	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
66	Pourquoi tant de haine?	Léa Clermont-Dion	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	63
67	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1209	Acast	59
68	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
69	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
70	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
71	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
72	J'aime Hydro - édition 2019	Porte Parole	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	43
73	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	24	Buzzsprout	42
74	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
75	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
76	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
77	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	277	Acast	69
78	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
79	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
80	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	69	Captivate	69
81	Kurzgesagt Podcast: Science Revealed	Lynn Studio	Society & Culture	132	Acast	43
82	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
83	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	300	Audioboom	58
84	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	53	Omny Studio	48
85	Rescue	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	21	Megaphone	79
86	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
87	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
88	Growing Guelph	Growing Guelph	Society & Culture	16	Acast	69
89	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	68	Blubrry	49
90	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
91	Walking Radio	Patrick Corvyn	Society & Culture	6	Substack	59
92	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
93	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
94	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	68
95	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
96	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
97	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	32
98	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	509	RedCircle	43
99	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
100	Au voleur	QUB radio	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	53

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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