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 nov. 2025

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11/03/2025

Average data

Episodes: 200

Frequency: every 244 days

Duration: 00:47:10

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. RTL (2 shows)

3. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

4. audiochuck (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (20 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. BBC (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
2	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
3	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
5	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
6	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
7	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
8	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
10	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
11	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
12	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
13	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
14	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
15	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
16	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
18	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
19	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
20	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
21	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
22	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
23	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
24	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
25	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
26	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
27	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
28	Le genou à terre	Diffusion Alternative	Society & Culture	26	Acast	53
29	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
30	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
31	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
32	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
33	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
34	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
35	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
36	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
37	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
38	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
39	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
40	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
41	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
42	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
43	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
44	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
45	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
46	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
47	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
48	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
49	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
50	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
51	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
52	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
53	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
54	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
55	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
56	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
57	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
58	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
59	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
60	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
61	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
62	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	367	Audion	58
63	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
64	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
65	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
66	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
67	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
68	Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate Blanchett	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	83
69	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
70	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
71	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
72	Yeti	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	49
73	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
74	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
75	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
76	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
77	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
78	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
79	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
80	香港電台：古今風雲人物	RTHK.HK	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	38
81	Witness: Sex, Lies and Streaming	news.com.au	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	89
82	Avestruz Master	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	6	Megaphone	53
83	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
84	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
85	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68
86	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
87	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
88	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
89	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
91	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
92	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
93	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
94	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
95	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
96	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
97	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
98	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53
99	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
100	ALIEN THEORISTS THEORIZING	Big Theory Podcasts	Society & Culture	550	RedCircle	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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