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 Aug 2026

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08/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 137

Frequency: every 35 days

Duration: 00:44:47

Top 5 authors

1. Tortoise Media (5 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. Audible Original (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
3	EXTRAS	Studio SF	Society & Culture	13	Acast	63
4	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	162	Acast	43
5	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
8	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	16	PRX	69
9	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
10	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
11	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
12	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
13	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
15	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
16	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	273	WideOrbit	48
17	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
18	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
19	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
20	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
21	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
22	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
23	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
24	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	145	N/A	N/A
25	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	26	RSS.com	58
26	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	196	Simplecast	58
27	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
28	Question Everything	KCRW	Society & Culture	90	Omny Studio	63
29	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
30	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
31	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
32	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
33	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
34	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
35	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
36	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
37	The Missing Sister	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	53
38	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	127	Simplecast	53
39	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
40	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
41	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
42	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
43	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
44	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
45	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
46	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
47	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
48	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
49	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	26	ART19	73
50	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
51	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
52	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
53	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
54	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
55	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
56	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
57	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	388	Audion	58
58	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
59	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
60	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
61	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
62	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	175	Spotify for Podcasters	28
63	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
64	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
65	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
66	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
67	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
68	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	127	Buzzsprout	53
69	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
70	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
71	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	277	Acast	69
72	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	53
73	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
74	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
75	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
76	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
77	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	355	Simplecast	78
78	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
79	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
80	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1208	Acast	59
81	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
82	Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	25	Captivate	73
83	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
84	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
85	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
87	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
88	J'aime Hydro - édition 2019	Porte Parole	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	43
89	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
90	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	39	Omny Studio	83
91	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
92	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
93	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
94	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
95	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
96	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
97	Ghost Herd	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	43
98	Stories with Matt Cullen	Matt Cullen	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
100	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79

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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