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 07 Feb 2026

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02/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 150

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:44:15

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

3. BBC (2 shows)

4. Forbidden Knowledge Network (2 shows)

5. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (20 shows)

2. Megaphone (17 shows)

3. BBC (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
2	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
3	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	308	Megaphone	42
8	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	26	Spreaker	84
9	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
10	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	158	Acast	43
11	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
12	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
13	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
14	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
15	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
17	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
18	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	52
19	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
20	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
21	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
22	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
23	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	437	Megaphone	32
24	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
25	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	215	Megaphone	38
26	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
27	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
28	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
29	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
30	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
31	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
32	Africville Forever	Podstarter Productions / Frequency Podcast Network	Society & Culture	13	Simplecast	59
33	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	266	Spreaker	69
34	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
35	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
36	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	702	Megaphone	53
37	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
38	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	106	BBC	38
39	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
40	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	433	Acast	53
41	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
42	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
43	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
44	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
45	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
46	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
47	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	376	Audion	58
48	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
49	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	71	Triton Digital	63
50	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
51	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
52	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
53	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
54	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
55	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
56	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
57	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
58	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
59	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
60	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
61	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
62	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
63	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
64	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
65	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
66	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	91	Libsyn	62
67	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	445	Acast	74
68	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
69	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	48
70	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
71	Steven Bartlett - Biography Flash Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	1	Spreaker	69
72	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
73	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
74	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
75	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	166	Spotify for Podcasters	28
76	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
77	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	17	Acast	59
78	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
79	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
80	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
81	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
82	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
83	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
84	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	73
85	Soothing History for Sleep	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	18	Podbean	58
86	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
87	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
88	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
89	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	151	Spotify for Podcasters	52
90	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
91	The Palisades Fire: A Sandcastles Special	Wave Maker Media	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
92	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	202	Megaphone	53
93	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
94	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
95	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53
96	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
97	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
98	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
99	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	413	BBC	28
100	Yeti	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	49

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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