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 May 2026

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05/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 162

Frequency: every 40 days

Duration: 00:43:54

Top 5 authors

1. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. CBC (2 shows)

4. Cogeco Média (2 shows)

5. BBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (27 shows)

2. Megaphone (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. BBC (9 shows)

5. ART19 (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
3	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
4	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
5	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
7	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	161	Acast	43
8	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
9	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
11	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
12	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
13	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
14	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
15	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
17	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
18	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
19	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
20	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
21	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
22	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
23	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
24	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	145	N/A	N/A
25	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
26	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
27	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
28	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
29	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
30	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
31	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
32	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
33	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
34	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
35	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	130	BBC	38
36	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
37	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
38	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
39	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
40	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	387	Audion	58
41	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
42	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
43	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
44	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	26	RSS.com	58
45	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
46	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
47	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
48	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
49	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
50	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
51	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
52	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
53	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
54	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
55	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
56	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
57	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
58	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
59	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
60	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
61	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
62	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
63	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
64	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
65	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
66	The Corrymeela Podcast	Corrymeela	Society & Culture	43	Squarespace	58
67	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
68	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
69	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
70	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
71	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
72	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
73	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	106	Acast	73
74	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
75	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
76	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
77	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
78	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
79	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
80	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
81	Curious Tourism: Responsible Travel Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Erin Elizabeth Hynes of Pina Travels	Society & Culture	158	Audioboom	47
82	Telephone Stories	Ninth Planet Audio	Society & Culture	15	Acast	63
83	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	174	Spotify for Podcasters	28
84	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
85	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	53
86	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
87	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	81	Megaphone	62
88	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
89	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
90	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
91	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
92	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
93	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
94	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
95	MIS(TER)GENDERED	Sar White	Society & Culture	6	Buzzsprout	58
96	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	277	Acast	69
97	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
98	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
99	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
100	Sumud Podcast: Inspired by Palestine	Dr. Ed Hasan	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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