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 12 Feb 2026

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02/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 177

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:45:27

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

3. CBC (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. audiochuck (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. BBC (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
2	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
3	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
4	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
5	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
8	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
9	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
11	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
12	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	162	Acast	43
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
14	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
15	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
16	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
18	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
19	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
20	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	26	RSS.com	58
21	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
22	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
23	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
24	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
25	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
26	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
27	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
28	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
29	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
30	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
31	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
32	Africville Forever	Podstarter Productions / Frequency Podcast Network	Society & Culture	13	Simplecast	59
33	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
34	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
35	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
36	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
37	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
38	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
39	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
40	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
41	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
42	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
43	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
44	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
45	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
46	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
47	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
48	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
49	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	388	Audion	58
50	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
51	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
52	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
53	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
54	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
55	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
56	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
57	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
58	The Palisades Fire: A Sandcastles Special	Wave Maker Media	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
59	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
60	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
61	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
62	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
63	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
64	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
65	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
66	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	The Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	47	Podbean	58
67	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
68	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
69	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
70	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
71	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
72	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
73	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
74	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
75	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1208	Acast	59
76	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	68	Blubrry	49
77	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
78	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	277	Acast	69
79	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
80	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
81	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
82	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
83	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
84	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
85	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
86	The Last Soviet	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	59
87	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
88	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
89	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
90	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
91	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	530	Spreaker	43
92	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
93	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
95	Ancient Mysteries	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	57	Spotify for Podcasters	69
96	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	29	Simplecast	63
97	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	82	Megaphone	62
98	Steven Bartlett - Biography Flash Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	1	Spreaker	69
99	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
100	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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