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 Oct 2025

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10/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 222

Frequency: every 35 days

Duration: 00:43:21

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

2. BBC (3 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

4. Louie Media (2 shows)

5. Cogeco Média (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (19 shows)

2. BBC (12 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
2	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
5	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
6	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
9	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	162	Acast	43
10	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
11	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
12	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
13	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
14	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
16	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
17	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
18	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
19	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
20	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
21	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
22	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
23	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
24	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
25	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
26	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
27	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
28	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
29	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
30	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1208	Acast	59
31	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
32	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
33	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
34	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
35	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
36	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
37	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	29	Simplecast	63
38	ALIEN THEORISTS THEORIZING	Big Theory Podcasts	Society & Culture	550	RedCircle	49
39	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
40	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
41	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
42	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
43	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
44	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
45	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
46	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
47	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
49	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	388	Audion	58
50	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	277	Acast	69
51	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
52	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
53	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
54	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
55	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
56	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
57	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
58	Jack Osbourne's The Most Haunted	Osbourne Media	Society & Culture	63	Libsyn	42
59	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
60	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
61	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
62	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
63	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
64	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
65	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
66	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
67	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
68	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
69	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
70	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
71	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
72	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
73	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	68	Blubrry	49
75	Valérie Deschamps	Valérie Deschamps	Society & Culture	25	Unknown	89
76	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
77	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	127	Simplecast	53
78	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
79	Death on the Lot	Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	69
80	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
81	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
82	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
83	Top Comment	BBC	News	104	BBC	48
84	The Arctic Edge	Agnico Eagle	Society & Culture	17	Spreaker	84
85	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
86	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
87	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	175	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
89	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
90	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	677	Acast	69
91	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
92	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
93	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
94	Transgression - My Search For the REAL Trans Agenda in Saskatchewan	Todd Rennebohm	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	38
95	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
96	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
97	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	507	RedCircle	43
98	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
99	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
100	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94

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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