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 11 Feb 2026

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02/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 153

Frequency: every 250 days

Duration: 00:46:21

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

4. BBC (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Acast (18 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. BBC (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
2	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
3	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
4	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
5	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
7	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
9	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
10	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
11	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
12	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
13	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
14	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
17	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
18	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
20	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
21	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
22	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
23	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
24	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
25	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
26	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
27	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
28	Africville Forever	Podstarter Productions / Frequency Podcast Network	Society & Culture	13	Simplecast	59
29	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
30	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
31	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
32	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
33	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
34	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
35	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
36	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
37	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
38	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
39	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
40	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
41	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	367	Audion	58
42	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
43	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
44	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
45	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
46	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
47	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
48	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
49	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
50	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
51	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
52	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
53	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
54	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
55	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
56	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
57	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
58	The Last Soviet	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	59
59	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
60	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
61	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
62	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
63	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
64	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
65	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
66	The Palisades Fire: A Sandcastles Special	Wave Maker Media	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
67	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
68	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
69	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
70	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
71	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
72	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
73	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
74	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
75	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
76	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
77	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
78	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
79	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
80	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
81	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
82	Steven Bartlett - Biography Flash Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	1	Spreaker	69
83	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
84	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
85	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
86	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
87	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
88	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
89	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
90	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
91	Histoires lesbiennes	Marine GILIS	Society & Culture	11	Acast	79
92	Ancient Mysteries	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	57	Spotify for Podcasters	69
93	Des histoires qui résonnent : le Balado des proches aidants - animé par Marina Orsini Details temporarily unavailable	Des histoires qui résonnent : le Balado des proches aidants - Animé par Marina Orsini	Society & Culture	45	Audioboom	68
95	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
96	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
97	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
99	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
100	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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