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 Feb 2026

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02/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 173

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:44:14

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (7 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. audiochuck (2 shows)

5. Louie Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. BBC (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
2	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
3	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
5	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
9	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
10	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	157	Acast	43
11	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
12	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
13	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
14	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
15	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
16	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
17	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	52
18	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
19	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
20	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
21	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
22	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
23	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
24	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
25	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
26	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
27	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
28	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
29	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
30	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
31	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
32	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
33	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
34	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
35	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
36	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
37	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
38	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
39	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
40	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
41	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
42	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
43	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	103	BBC	38
44	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
45	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
46	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
47	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
48	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
49	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
50	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
51	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
52	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
53	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
54	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	376	Audion	58
55	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
56	Steven Bartlett - Biography Flash Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	1	Spreaker	69
57	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
58	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
59	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
60	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
61	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
62	Africville Forever	Podstarter Productions / Frequency Podcast Network	Society & Culture	13	Simplecast	59
63	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
64	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
65	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
66	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	17	Acast	59
67	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
68	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
69	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
70	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
71	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
72	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
73	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
74	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	151	Spotify for Podcasters	52
75	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
76	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
77	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
78	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
79	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
80	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1195	Acast	59
81	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
82	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
83	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
84	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
85	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
86	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	165	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
88	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
89	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
90	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
91	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
92	Hidden Cults	Nik Hunter	Society & Culture	65	Spreaker	70
93	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
94	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
95	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
96	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
97	Yeti	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	49
98	The Other Latif	WNYC Studios	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
99	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
100	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69

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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