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 10 mars 2026

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03/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 145

Frequency: every 39 days

Duration: 00:44:24

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. audiochuck (2 shows)

4. Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias (2 shows)

5. Cogeco Média (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Megaphone (13 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 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	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
3	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
6	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
7	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
8	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
9	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
10	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
11	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
12	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
16	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
17	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
18	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
20	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
21	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
22	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
23	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
24	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
25	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
26	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
27	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
28	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
29	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
30	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
31	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
32	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
33	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
34	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
35	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
36	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
37	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
38	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
39	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
40	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
41	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
42	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
43	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
44	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
45	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
46	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
47	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
48	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
49	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
50	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
51	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
52	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
53	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
54	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
55	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
56	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
57	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
58	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
59	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
60	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
61	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
62	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
63	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
64	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
65	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
66	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
67	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
68	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
69	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
70	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
71	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
72	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
73	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
74	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
75	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
76	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	17	Acast	59
77	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
78	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
79	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
80	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
81	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
82	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
84	Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	11	Spreaker	49
85	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
86	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
87	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
88	Direct Action Combat Podcast	infopnb	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	41
89	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
90	Alice in Wanderland	Alice Morrison	Society & Culture	110	Simplecast	63
91	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
92	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
93	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
94	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
95	Diggin' Oak Island	Dave McBride	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
96	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
97	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
98	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
99	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
100	Sous les barrages : Tshishe Manikuan	Productions Innu Assi	Society & Culture	7	Acast	53

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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