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 2026

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08/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 142

Frequency: every 43 days

Duration: 00:45:05

Top 5 authors

1. Tortoise Media (5 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

3. CBC (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. audiochuck (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. Megaphone (12 shows)

3. Omny Studio (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. BBC (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
3	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
4	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
9	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
10	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
11	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
12	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
13	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	12	PRX	69
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	EXTRAS	Studio SF	Society & Culture	9	Acast	43
16	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
17	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
18	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
19	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
20	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	258	WideOrbit	48
21	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
22	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
23	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
24	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
25	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
26	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	82	Unknown	63
27	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	188	Simplecast	58
28	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
29	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
30	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
31	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
32	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
33	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	134	N/A	N/A
34	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
35	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
36	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
37	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
38	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
39	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
40	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
41	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
42	The Missing Sister	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	53
43	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
44	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
45	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
46	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
47	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
48	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
49	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
50	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
51	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
52	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
53	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
54	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
55	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
56	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
57	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
58	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
59	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
60	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
61	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
62	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
63	Derrière l'uniforme	M105	Society & Culture	2	Omny Studio	58
64	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
65	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
66	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
67	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
68	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
69	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
70	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
71	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
72	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	123	Buzzsprout	53
73	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
74	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
75	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
76	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
77	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
78	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
79	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
80	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
81	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
82	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
83	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	157	Omny Studio	69
84	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
85	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
86	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
87	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
88	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
89	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
90	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
91	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
92	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
93	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
94	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
95	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
96	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
97	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
98	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
99	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
100	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52

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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