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 Apr 2026

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04/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 149

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:44:45

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. BBC (7 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
2	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
3	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	943	Simplecast	38
5	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
6	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	160	Acast	43
7	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	357	ART19	68
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	42
10	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
11	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	441	Megaphone	32
12	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
15	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
16	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	14	BBC	63
17	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
18	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	165	Acast	69
19	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	69	Acast	83
20	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
21	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
22	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
23	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
24	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	52	Megaphone	48
25	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
26	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	218	Megaphone	38
27	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	120	BBC	38
28	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
29	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
30	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	97	WideOrbit	68
31	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	24	RSS.com	58
32	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
33	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	269	Spreaker	69
34	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
35	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
36	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
37	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	26	American Public Media	62
38	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
39	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
40	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
41	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
42	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
43	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	212	Acast	79
44	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
45	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
46	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
47	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
48	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
49	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	449	Acast	74
50	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
51	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
52	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	93	Libsyn	62
53	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	284	Megaphone	43
54	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	383	Audion	58
55	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	706	Megaphone	53
56	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	153	Spotify for Podcasters	52
57	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
58	Where Is John's Daughter?	Jamie & Natalie	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
59	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	8	PRX	69
60	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
61	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
62	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	30	ART19	53
63	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	19	Omny Studio	63
64	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	191	Ximalaya	53
65	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
66	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	68	Blubrry	49
67	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	53	RedCircle	73
68	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
69	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
70	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
71	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
72	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
73	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	126	Simplecast	53
74	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
75	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
76	Our Common Nature	WNYC	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
77	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	37	Omny Studio	83
78	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1202	Acast	59
79	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
80	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	353	Simplecast	78
81	Valérie Deschamps	Valérie Deschamps	Society & Culture	25	Unknown	89
82	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
83	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
84	Cillian Murphy - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	66	Spreaker	69
85	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
86	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	80	Megaphone	62
87	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
88	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	500	RedCircle	43
89	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	439	Acast	53
90	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
91	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	273	PRX	43
92	The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women (HERO)	Foreign Policy magazine	Society & Culture	68	Megaphone	58
93	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
94	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
95	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	26	Acast	83
96	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
97	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	17	Acast	59
98	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
100	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63

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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