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 août 2025

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08/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 227

Frequency: every 247 days

Duration: 00:46:21

Top 5 authors

1. BBC (3 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. audiochuck (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (20 shows)

2. Megaphone (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. BBC (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
2	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1006	Simplecast	38
4	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
5	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	379	Spreaker	84
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	527	ART19	68
10	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	143	Acast	73
11	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	412	Audioboom	62
12	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
13	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
17	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
18	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
19	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	100	PRX	64
20	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
21	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
22	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
23	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	17	ART19	63
24	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	216	Acast	79
25	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	821	Megaphone	53
26	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
27	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
28	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	263	Acast	69
29	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
30	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
31	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
32	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
33	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
34	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
35	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	228	PRX	79
36	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
37	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
38	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
39	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
40	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
42	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
43	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
44	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
45	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	366	Megaphone	43
46	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
47	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
48	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
49	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
50	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
51	Valérie Deschamps	Valérie Deschamps	Society & Culture	25	Unknown	89
52	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
53	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
54	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
55	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
56	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
57	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
58	Direct Action Combat Podcast	infopnb	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	41
59	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
61	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	55	Libsyn	53
62	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
63	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
64	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
65	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	975	Megaphone	52
66	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
67	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
68	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
69	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
71	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53
72	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
73	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
74	Le Poids du Cloud	Victor Galarreta	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	69
75	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
76	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
77	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
78	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
79	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	157	Omny Studio	69
80	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
81	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
82	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
83	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
84	香港電台：古今風雲人物	RTHK.HK	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	38
85	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
86	Hey, That's Weird	Luc Frost	Society & Culture	5	RSS.com	58
87	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
88	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
89	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
90	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
91	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
92	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
93	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
94	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
95	Des histoires qui résonnent : le Balado des proches aidants - animé par Marina Orsini Details temporarily unavailable	Des histoires qui résonnent : le Balado des proches aidants - Animé par Marina Orsini	Society & Culture	45	Audioboom	68
96	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
97	Before Me	Lisa Phu and Self Evident Media	Society & Culture	8	Libsyn	53
98	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
99	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
100	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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