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 Dec 2025

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12/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 228

Frequency: every 243 days

Duration: 00:46:13

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. The Telegraph (2 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. CBC (2 shows)

5. RTL (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (19 shows)

2. Megaphone (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (11 shows)

4. Spreaker (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
2	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
5	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
6	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
7	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
11	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
12	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
13	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
15	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
16	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
17	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
18	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
19	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
20	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
21	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
22	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
23	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
24	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
25	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
26	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
27	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
28	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
29	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
30	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
31	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
32	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
33	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
34	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
35	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
36	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
37	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
38	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
39	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
40	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
41	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
42	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
43	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
44	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
45	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
46	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
47	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
48	Le Poids du Cloud	Victor Galarreta	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	69
49	L'Avenir nous le dira	Victor Galarreta	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
50	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
51	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
52	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
53	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
54	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
55	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
56	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
57	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
58	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
60	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
61	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
62	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
63	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
64	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
66	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
67	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
68	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
69	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
70	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
71	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
72	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
73	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
74	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
75	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
76	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	521	Spreaker	43
77	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
78	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
79	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
80	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
81	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
82	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
83	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
84	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
85	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
86	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
87	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
88	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
89	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
90	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
91	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
92	The Other Latif	WNYC Studios	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
93	Diggin' Oak Island	Dave McBride	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
94	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
95	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
96	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
97	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
98	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
99	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43
100	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63

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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