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 15 Dec 2025

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12/15/2025

Average data

Episodes: 203

Frequency: every 245 days

Duration: 00:44:53

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. audiochuck (2 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. RTL (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (20 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. BBC (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (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	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	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	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
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	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
15	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
16	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
17	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
18	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
19	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
20	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
21	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
22	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
23	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
24	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
25	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
26	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
27	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
28	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
29	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
30	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
31	J'aime Hydro - édition 2019	Porte Parole	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	43
32	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
33	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
34	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
35	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
36	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
37	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
38	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
39	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
40	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
41	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	367	Audion	58
42	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
43	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
44	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
45	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
46	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
47	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
48	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
49	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
50	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
51	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
52	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
53	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
54	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
55	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
56	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
57	Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW	Society & Culture	24	Unknown	48
58	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
59	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
60	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
61	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
62	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
63	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
64	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
65	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
66	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
67	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
68	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
69	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
70	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
71	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
72	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58
73	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
74	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
75	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
76	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
77	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
78	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
79	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
80	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
81	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
82	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
83	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
84	Curious Tourism: Responsible Travel Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Erin Elizabeth Hynes of Pina Travels	Society & Culture	158	Audioboom	47
85	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
86	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
87	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
88	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
89	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
90	Le genou à terre	Diffusion Alternative	Society & Culture	26	Acast	53
91	Mark Rober - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	62	Spreaker	69
92	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
93	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
95	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
96	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
97	Pourquoi tant de haine?	Léa Clermont-Dion	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	63
98	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
99	香港電台：古今風雲人物	RTHK.HK	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	38
100	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79

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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