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 09 Aug 2025

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08/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 169

Frequency: every 41 days

Duration: 00:45:47

Top 5 authors

1. Tortoise Media (4 shows)

2. BBC (3 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. CBC (3 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Megaphone (13 shows)

3. BBC (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
3	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
4	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
7	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
8	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
10	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
11	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
12	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
13	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
15	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
16	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
17	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
18	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
19	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
20	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
21	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
22	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
23	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
24	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
25	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
26	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
27	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
28	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
29	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
30	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
31	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
32	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
33	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
34	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
35	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
36	Direct Action Combat Podcast	infopnb	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	41
37	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
38	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
39	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
40	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
41	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
42	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
43	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
44	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
45	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
46	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
47	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
48	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
49	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
50	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
51	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
52	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
53	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
54	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
55	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
56	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
57	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
58	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
59	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
60	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
61	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
62	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
63	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
64	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
65	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
66	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
67	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
68	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
69	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
70	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
71	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
72	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
73	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
74	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
75	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
76	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53
77	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
78	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
79	香港電台：古今風雲人物	RTHK.HK	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	38
80	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
81	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
82	I Talk To Ghosts	Jennifer Page	Society & Culture	301	Buzzsprout	73
83	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
84	Valérie Deschamps	Valérie Deschamps	Society & Culture	25	Unknown	89
85	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
86	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
87	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
88	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
89	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
90	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
91	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	La familia correcta	El País Audio / WePod	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	84
95	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
96	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
97	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
98	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
99	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
100	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58

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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