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 05 Apr 2025

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04/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 178

Frequency: every 241 days

Duration: 00:44:36

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (7 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. QUB radio (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. BBC (12 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (12 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
4	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	157	Acast	43
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
6	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
8	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
9	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
11	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
12	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
13	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
15	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
17	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
18	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
19	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
20	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
21	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
22	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
23	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
24	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
25	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
26	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
27	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	102	BBC	38
28	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
29	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
30	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
31	The Superhero Complex	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
32	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
33	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
34	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
35	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
36	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
37	Queries	TVO	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	59
38	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
39	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
40	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
41	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
42	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	375	Audion	58
43	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
44	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
45	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	429	RedCircle	59
46	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
47	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	124	Simplecast	53
48	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
49	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
50	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
51	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
52	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
54	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
55	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
56	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
57	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
58	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
59	Sounds Like Hate	Southern Poverty Law Center	Society & Culture	27	Captivate	69
60	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
61	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
62	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
63	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
64	Garde-Manger	QUB radio	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	63
65	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38
66	Africville Forever	Podstarter Productions / Frequency Podcast Network	Society & Culture	13	Simplecast	59
67	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	207	Megaphone	32
68	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
69	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
70	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
71	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
72	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
73	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
74	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
75	Pourquoi tant de haine?	Léa Clermont-Dion	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	63
76	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
77	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
78	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	55	BBC	48
79	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	566	Spreaker	74
80	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
81	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
82	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
83	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
84	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
85	So Your Parents Are Old	Vanessa Grigoriadis	Society & Culture	32	Spotify for Podcasters	48
86	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
87	Métis Speaker Series	Metis Nation British Columbia	Society & Culture	63	RedCircle	63
88	Autre perspective	Kollectif	Society & Culture	12	Acast	89
89	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
90	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
91	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
92	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
93	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	526	Spreaker	43
94	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
95	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1195	Acast	59
96	搞钱学姐	搞钱学姐	Society & Culture	86	Ximalaya	59
97	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53
98	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
99	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
100	Le Monde d'URBANIA	URBANIA	Society & Culture	4	Acast	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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