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 Sep 2025

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09/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 209

Frequency: every 243 days

Duration: 00:45:13

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. Cogeco Média (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. BBC (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 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	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	946	Simplecast	38
4	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	23	Spreaker	84
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
6	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	162	Acast	43
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	315	Megaphone	42
8	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
9	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
10	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
11	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
12	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
13	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
14	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	359	ART19	68
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
16	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
17	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	102	BBC	53
18	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	445	Megaphone	32
20	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
21	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
22	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
23	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	220	Megaphone	38
24	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
25	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	168	Acast	69
26	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
27	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
28	The Arctic Edge	Agnico Eagle	Society & Culture	17	Spreaker	84
29	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
30	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	286	Megaphone	43
31	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
32	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
33	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
34	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	444	Acast	53
35	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	710	Megaphone	53
36	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1209	Acast	59
37	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	277	Acast	69
38	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	31	Acast	83
39	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
40	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
41	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
42	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
43	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	53
44	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
45	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	194	Ximalaya	53
46	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
47	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
48	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	68	Blubrry	49
49	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
50	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	588	Spreaker	74
51	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
52	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	133	BBC	38
53	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	129	Simplecast	53
54	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
55	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
56	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	272	Spreaker	69
57	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	453	Acast	74
58	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	63	Libsyn	42
59	Translations	Claire Legendre et Transistor Média	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	79
60	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	215	Acast	79
61	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
63	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	53
64	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	55	RedCircle	73
65	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
66	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
67	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
68	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
69	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	389	Audion	58
70	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
71	J'aime Hydro - édition 2019	Porte Parole	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	43
72	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
73	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
74	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
75	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
76	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
77	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
78	Top Comment	BBC	News	104	BBC	48
79	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	176	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
81	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
82	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	95	Libsyn	62
83	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
84	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
86	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
87	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
88	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
89	Queries	TVO	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	59
90	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
91	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	679	Acast	69
92	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	53	Omny Studio	48
93	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
94	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
95	Her Audacity Podcast	Ceci Hendrickson & Nikki Knudson	Society & Culture	21	Podbean	52
96	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
97	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	417	BBC	28
98	Cruising \| Queer History and Culture	Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	58
99	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
100	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69

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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