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 Jul 2026

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07/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 191

Frequency: every 246 days

Duration: 00:46:30

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. CBC (4 shows)

3. Audible Original (2 shows)

4. audiochuck (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. BBC (6 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
5	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	161	Acast	43
6	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
9	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
10	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
11	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
12	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
13	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
14	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
15	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
16	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
17	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	130	BBC	38
18	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	272	WideOrbit	48
19	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
20	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
21	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
22	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
23	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
24	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	16	PRX	69
25	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
26	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
27	Question Everything	KCRW	Society & Culture	90	Omny Studio	63
28	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
29	Gay Girl Gone	CBC	Society & Culture	8	Triton Digital	59
30	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
31	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	145	N/A	N/A
32	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
33	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
34	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
35	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
36	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
37	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
38	EXTRAS	Studio SF	Society & Culture	13	Acast	63
39	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	196	Simplecast	58
40	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
41	Power Plays	Human Rights Foundation	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	63
42	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
43	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
44	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
45	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
46	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
47	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	26	RSS.com	58
48	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
49	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	26	ART19	73
50	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
51	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
52	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
53	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
54	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
55	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
56	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
57	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
58	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
59	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
60	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
61	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	106	Acast	73
62	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
63	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
64	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
65	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
66	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
67	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	387	Audion	58
68	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
69	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
70	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
71	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
72	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
73	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
74	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
75	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
76	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
77	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	174	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
79	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
80	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
81	We the Unhoused	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	130	Omny Studio	48
82	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
83	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
84	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
85	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	127	Buzzsprout	53
86	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
87	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	300	Audioboom	58
88	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
89	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
90	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
91	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	277	Acast	69
92	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
93	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
94	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	530	Spreaker	43
95	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
96	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
97	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
98	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
99	Fatal Fantasy	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	79
100	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	494	Omny Studio	68

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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