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 Dec 2025

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12/08/2025

Average data

Episodes: 222

Frequency: every 230 days

Duration: 00:46:44

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

3. CBC (2 shows)

4. audiochuck (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 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	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
6	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
8	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
9	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
10	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
11	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
12	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
13	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
14	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
15	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
16	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
17	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
18	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
19	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
20	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
21	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
22	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
23	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
24	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
25	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
26	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
27	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
28	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
29	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
30	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
31	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
32	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
33	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
34	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
35	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
36	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
37	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
38	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
39	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
40	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
41	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
42	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
43	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
44	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
45	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
46	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
47	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
48	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
49	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
50	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
51	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
52	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
53	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
54	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
55	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
56	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
57	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
58	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
59	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
60	Le Poids du Cloud	Victor Galarreta	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	69
61	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
62	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
63	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
64	L'Avenir nous le dira	Victor Galarreta	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
65	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
66	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
67	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
68	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
70	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	123	Buzzsprout	53
72	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
73	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
74	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
75	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
76	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68
77	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
78	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
79	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
80	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
81	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
82	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
83	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
84	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
85	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
86	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
87	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
88	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
89	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
90	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
91	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
92	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
93	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
94	肥宅老司機	老司與老機	Society & Culture	267	Firstory	53
95	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
96	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
97	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
98	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
99	Diggin' Oak Island	Dave McBride	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
100	Our American Stories	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2004	Omny Studio	43

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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