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 Apr 2026

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04/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 145

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:45:35

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Megaphone (18 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (9 shows)

5. BBC (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
2	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
5	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
8	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	161	Acast	43
9	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
10	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
11	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
12	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
13	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
16	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
17	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
18	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
19	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
20	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	130	BBC	38
21	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
22	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
23	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
24	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
25	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
26	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
27	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
28	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	26	RSS.com	58
29	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
30	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
31	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
32	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
33	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
34	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
35	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
36	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
37	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
38	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
39	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
40	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
41	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
42	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
43	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
44	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
45	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
46	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
47	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
48	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
49	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
50	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
51	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
52	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
53	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
54	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	387	Audion	58
55	In The Wild	Narrative.fm	Society & Culture	157	Simplecast	63
56	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
57	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
58	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
59	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
60	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
61	Valérie Deschamps	Valérie Deschamps	Society & Culture	25	Unknown	89
62	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
63	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
64	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
65	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
66	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
67	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
68	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
69	Where Is John's Daughter?	Jamie & Natalie	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
70	Our Common Nature	WNYC	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
71	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
72	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
73	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
74	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
75	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
76	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
77	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
78	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	127	Simplecast	53
79	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
80	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	81	Megaphone	62
81	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
82	Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement \| Stories from the Frontlines of Animal Liberation	Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan	Society & Culture	375	Blubrry Podcasting	43
83	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
84	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
85	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
86	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
87	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
88	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
89	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
90	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	106	Acast	73
91	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
92	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
93	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
94	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	675	Acast	69
95	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
96	Sumud Podcast: Inspired by Palestine	Dr. Ed Hasan	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	68
97	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
98	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
99	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
100	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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