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 06 mars 2026

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03/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 163

Frequency: every 40 days

Duration: 00:45:15

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 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 (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. BBC (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1006	Simplecast	38
3	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
4	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
5	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	379	Spreaker	84
6	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
8	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
9	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	527	ART19	68
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
12	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
14	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
15	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
17	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	412	Audioboom	62
18	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
19	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	143	Acast	73
20	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
21	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
22	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
23	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
24	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
25	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
26	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
27	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
28	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
29	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
30	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
31	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
32	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	263	Acast	69
33	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
34	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
35	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	228	PRX	79
36	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	366	Megaphone	43
37	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	64	Spreaker	43
38	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
39	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
40	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
41	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
42	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	100	PRX	64
43	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
44	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
45	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	975	Megaphone	52
46	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
47	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
48	The Silenced Truth	Carolyn McCulley \| Citygate Communications	Society & Culture	2	Buzzsprout	73
49	In The Wild	Narrative.fm	Society & Culture	157	Simplecast	63
50	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
51	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	216	Acast	79
52	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
53	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
54	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	821	Megaphone	53
55	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
56	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
57	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
58	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
59	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
60	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
61	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
62	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
63	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
64	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
65	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
66	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
67	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
68	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
69	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
70	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	16	Transistor	73
71	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
72	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	17	ART19	63
73	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
74	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
75	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
76	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
77	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
78	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
79	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
80	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
81	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
83	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
84	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
85	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
86	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
87	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
88	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
89	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
90	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
91	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
92	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
93	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
94	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
95	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
96	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
97	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
98	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
99	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
100	Curious Tourism: Responsible Travel Podcast	Erin Elizabeth Hynes of Pina Travels	Society & Culture	158	Audioboom	47

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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