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 Mar 2026

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03/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 147

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:47:06

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

5. Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (12 shows)

4. PRX (8 shows)

5. BBC (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
2	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	161	Acast	43
8	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
9	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
12	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
13	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
16	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
17	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
18	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
19	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
20	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
21	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
22	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
23	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
24	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	26	RSS.com	58
25	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
26	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
27	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
28	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
29	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
30	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
31	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
32	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
33	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
34	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
35	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
36	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
37	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
38	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
39	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
40	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
41	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
42	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	19	Acast	90
43	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
44	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
45	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
46	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
47	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
48	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
49	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
50	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
51	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
52	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
53	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
54	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
55	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
56	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
57	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
58	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
59	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
60	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
61	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	130	BBC	38
62	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
63	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
64	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
65	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	17	Acast	59
66	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
67	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
68	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
69	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
70	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
71	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
72	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
73	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
74	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
75	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
76	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
77	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
78	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
79	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
80	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
81	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
82	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
83	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	127	Simplecast	53
84	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
85	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
86	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
87	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
88	Die Lieblingsschülerin	Deutschlandfunk	Society & Culture	8	Deutschlandradio	53
89	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
90	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
91	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
92	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
93	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
94	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
95	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	113	Ximalaya	59
97	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
98	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
99	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
100	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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