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 Mar 2026

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03/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 147

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:42:32

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Megaphone (13 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. BBC (7 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	28	Spreaker	84
3	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
6	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
7	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	158	Acast	43
8	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
9	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
10	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
11	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
12	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
17	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
18	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
19	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
20	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
21	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
22	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
23	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	52
24	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
25	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	17	Acast	90
26	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
27	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
28	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
29	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	75	Spreaker	43
30	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
31	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
32	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
33	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
34	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
35	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
36	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
37	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
38	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
39	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
40	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
41	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
42	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
43	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
44	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
45	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
46	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
47	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
48	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
49	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
50	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
51	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
52	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	104	BBC	38
53	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
54	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
55	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
56	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	151	Spotify for Podcasters	52
57	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
58	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
59	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
60	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
61	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
62	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
63	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
64	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
65	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
66	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
67	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
68	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
69	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
70	Reflections	Accessible Media Inc.	Society & Culture	81	Simplecast	83
71	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
72	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
73	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
74	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
75	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
76	Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	11	Spreaker	49
77	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
78	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	124	Simplecast	53
79	Alice in Wanderland	Alice Morrison	Society & Culture	110	Simplecast	63
80	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
81	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
82	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
83	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
84	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	53
85	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	376	Audion	58
86	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
87	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	83
88	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
89	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
90	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
91	Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"	Katy Shields	Society & Culture	3	Podigee	58
92	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
93	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	54	Audiomeans	73
94	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
95	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
96	Causality	The Engineered Network	Society & Culture	64	Unknown	89
97	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
98	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	103	Acast	73
99	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
100	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42

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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