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 08 Mar 2025

Country

Main category

Sub category

Date

03/08/2025

Average data

Episodes: 181

Frequency: every 245 days

Duration: 00:44:31

Top 5 authors

1. CBC (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (4 shows)

4. QUB radio (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Megaphone (13 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. BBC (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	943	Simplecast	38
4	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	160	Acast	43
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
6	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
7	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
8	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	26	American Public Media	62
9	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	357	ART19	68
11	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	42
12	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	26	Acast	83
13	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
14	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	97	WideOrbit	68
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
17	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	439	Acast	53
18	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
19	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
20	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	38
21	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
22	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
23	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	120	BBC	38
24	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
25	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	126	Simplecast	53
26	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
27	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	441	Megaphone	32
28	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	191	Ximalaya	53
29	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
30	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
31	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	93	Libsyn	62
32	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	276	Acast	69
33	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	212	Acast	79
34	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
35	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
36	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
37	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
38	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	269	Spreaker	69
39	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	165	Acast	69
40	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	273	PRX	43
41	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
42	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
43	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	68	Blubrry	49
44	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
45	Africville Forever	Podstarter Productions / Frequency Podcast Network	Society & Culture	13	Simplecast	59
46	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
47	Gay Girl Gone	CBC	Society & Culture	8	Triton Digital	59
48	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	383	Audion	58
49	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
50	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
51	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1202	Acast	59
52	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	706	Megaphone	53
53	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
54	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
55	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
56	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	59	Captivate	69
57	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
58	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
59	Queries	TVO	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	59
60	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
61	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
62	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	449	Acast	74
63	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
64	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
65	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
66	J'aime Hydro - édition 2019	Porte Parole	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	43
67	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
68	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
69	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
70	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
71	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
72	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
73	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
74	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	415	BBC	28
75	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
76	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
78	Pour de vrai	Clémentine C	Society & Culture	56	Spotify for Podcasters	48
79	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	500	RedCircle	43
80	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	53
81	Crumbs	My Cultura and Sonoro	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	79
82	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
83	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
84	JOURNEY	Ryan Wolf	Society & Culture	13	Acast	73
85	Garde-Manger	QUB radio	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	63
86	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
87	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	58	BBC	58
88	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
89	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
90	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
91	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	51	Omny Studio	48
92	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	450	RedCircle	59
93	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
94	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
95	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	665	Acast	69
96	Privateer Station: War In Ukraine	Privateer	Society & Culture	491	Spreaker	53
97	Fun Police	Consumer Choice Center	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	63
98	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
99	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
100	So Your Parents Are Old	Vanessa Grigoriadis	Society & Culture	32	Spotify for Podcasters	48

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.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in Canada.
Explore more data on podcast rankings by diving into other categories and countries, and stay ahead in the ever-changing podcast scene.

Previous charts Next charts

About Methodology Contact Support me Privacy Policy Legal Notice