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 04 Jan 2026

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01/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 155

Frequency: every 248 days

Duration: 00:46:01

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

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

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. audiochuck (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (19 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. BBC (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
2	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
3	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
4	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
5	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
7	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
8	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
9	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
10	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
11	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
12	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
13	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
16	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
17	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
18	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
19	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
20	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
21	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
22	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
23	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
24	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
25	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
26	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
27	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
28	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
29	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
30	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
31	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
32	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
33	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
34	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
35	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
36	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
37	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
38	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
39	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	17	Acast	59
40	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
41	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
42	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
43	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
44	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
45	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
46	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
47	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
48	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
49	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
50	PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	6	Substack	79
51	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
52	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
53	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
54	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
55	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
56	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
57	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
58	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
59	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
60	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
61	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
62	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
63	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
64	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
65	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
67	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
68	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
69	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
70	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
71	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
72	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
73	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
74	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
75	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
76	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
77	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
78	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
79	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
80	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
81	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
82	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
83	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
84	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
85	Pourquoi tant de haine?	Léa Clermont-Dion	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	63
86	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
87	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
88	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
89	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
90	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
91	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
92	Curious Tourism: Responsible Travel Podcast	Erin Elizabeth Hynes of Pina Travels	Society & Culture	158	Audioboom	47
93	Yeti	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	49
94	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
95	Flightless Bird Podcast	Muh. Dimy	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	48
96	Howard Stern - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	62	Spreaker	69
97	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
98	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
99	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
100	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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