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 Aug 2025

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08/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 205

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:45:32

Top 5 authors

1. CBC (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. audiochuck (2 shows)

5. Wavland (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Megaphone (13 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. BBC (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
2	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
3	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
4	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	28	Spreaker	84
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
7	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	158	Acast	43
8	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
11	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
12	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
15	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
16	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
17	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
18	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
19	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
20	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
21	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
22	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
23	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
24	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
25	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
26	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
27	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
28	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
29	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
30	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
31	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
32	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
33	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
34	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	431	RedCircle	59
35	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
36	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
37	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
38	Top Comment	BBC	News	100	BBC	48
39	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
40	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
41	Direct Action Combat Podcast	infopnb	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	41
42	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
43	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	376	Audion	58
44	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
45	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	166	Spotify for Podcasters	28
46	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
47	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
49	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
50	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
51	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
52	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
53	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
54	Valérie Deschamps	Valérie Deschamps	Society & Culture	25	Unknown	89
55	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
56	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
57	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	124	Simplecast	53
58	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
59	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	104	BBC	38
60	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
61	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
62	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
63	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	52
64	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
65	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
66	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
67	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
68	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
69	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
70	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
71	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
72	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53
73	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
74	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
75	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
76	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
77	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	497	RedCircle	43
78	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
79	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
80	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
81	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
82	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	53
83	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
84	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
85	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
86	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
87	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
89	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	430	Audioboom	48
90	Métis Speaker Series	Metis Nation British Columbia	Society & Culture	63	RedCircle	63
91	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
92	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
93	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
94	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
95	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
96	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
97	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
98	The Other Latif	WNYC Studios	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
99	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
100	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52

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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