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 14 Dec 2025

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12/14/2025

Average data

Episodes: 181

Frequency: every 43 days

Duration: 00:45:51

Top 5 authors

1. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

2. Victor Galarreta (2 shows)

3. 闪光少女斯斯 (2 shows)

4. BBC (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. BBC (7 shows)

5. Spreaker (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
2	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
3	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
4	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
6	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
7	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
10	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
11	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
12	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
15	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
16	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
17	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
18	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
19	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
20	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
21	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
22	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
23	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
24	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
25	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
26	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
27	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
28	J'aime Hydro - édition 2019	Porte Parole	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	43
29	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
30	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
31	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
32	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
33	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
34	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
35	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
36	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
37	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
38	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
39	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
40	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
41	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
42	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
43	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
44	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
45	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
46	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
47	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
48	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
49	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
50	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
51	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
52	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
53	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
54	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
55	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
56	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
57	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
58	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
59	Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW	Society & Culture	24	Unknown	48
60	Curious Tourism: Responsible Travel Podcast	Erin Elizabeth Hynes of Pina Travels	Society & Culture	158	Audioboom	47
61	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
62	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
63	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
64	Le genou à terre	Diffusion Alternative	Society & Culture	26	Acast	53
65	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
66	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
67	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
68	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
69	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
70	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
71	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
72	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
73	Le Poids du Cloud	Victor Galarreta	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	69
74	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
75	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
76	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
77	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
78	Direct Action Combat Podcast	infopnb	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	41
79	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
80	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
81	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
83	Les enfants nés du viol	Maude Petel-Légaré	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	79
84	Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate Blanchett	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	83
85	The Vaping Fix	Wondery	Society & Culture	3	ART19	69
86	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	79
87	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
88	L'Avenir nous le dira	Victor Galarreta	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	43
89	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
90	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
91	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	521	Spreaker	43
92	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
93	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
94	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	110	Ximalaya	59
95	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
96	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
98	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
99	闪光少女	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	65	Ximalaya	53
100	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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