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 13 Feb 2026

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02/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 180

Frequency: every 44 days

Duration: 00:44:58

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. CBC (3 shows)

4. audiochuck (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (18 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (11 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	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
7	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
8	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
9	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
11	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
12	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
14	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
15	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
19	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
20	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
21	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
22	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
23	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
24	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
25	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
26	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
27	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
28	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
29	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
30	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
31	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
32	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
33	Africville Forever	Podstarter Productions / Frequency Podcast Network	Society & Culture	13	Simplecast	59
34	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
35	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
36	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
37	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
38	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
39	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
40	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
41	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
42	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
43	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
44	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
45	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
46	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
47	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
48	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
49	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
50	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
51	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
52	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
53	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
54	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
55	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
56	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
57	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
58	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
59	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
60	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
61	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
62	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
63	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
64	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
65	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
66	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
67	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
68	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
69	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
70	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
71	The Palisades Fire: A Sandcastles Special	Wave Maker Media	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
72	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
73	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
74	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
75	Curious Tourism: Responsible Travel Podcast	Erin Elizabeth Hynes of Pina Travels	Society & Culture	158	Audioboom	47
76	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
77	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
78	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
79	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
80	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	The Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	47	Podbean	58
81	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
82	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
83	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
84	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
85	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
86	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
87	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
88	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
89	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
90	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
91	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68
92	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
93	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
94	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
95	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
96	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
97	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
98	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
99	Steven Bartlett - Biography Flash Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	1	Spreaker	69
100	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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