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 16 Mar 2026

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03/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 146

Frequency: every 236 days

Duration: 00:46:30

Top 5 authors

1. CBC (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

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

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 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	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	21	Omny Studio	73
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
5	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	158	Acast	43
6	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	28	Spreaker	84
7	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
8	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
9	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
10	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
11	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
12	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
13	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
15	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
16	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
17	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
18	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
19	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
20	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
21	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
22	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	52
23	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
24	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
25	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
26	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
27	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
28	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
29	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	75	Spreaker	43
30	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
31	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
32	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
33	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
34	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
35	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
36	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
37	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
38	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
39	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	83
40	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	104	BBC	38
41	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
42	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
43	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
44	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
45	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
46	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
47	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
48	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
49	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
50	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
51	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
52	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
53	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
54	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
55	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
56	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
57	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	376	Audion	58
58	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
59	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
60	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
61	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
62	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
63	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
64	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
65	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
66	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
67	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
68	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
69	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
70	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
71	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
72	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	53
73	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
74	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
75	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
76	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	151	Spotify for Podcasters	52
77	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
78	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
79	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
81	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
82	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	17	Acast	59
83	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
84	Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	11	Spreaker	49
85	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
86	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	17	Acast	90
87	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
88	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
89	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
90	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
91	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
92	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	497	RedCircle	43
93	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
94	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
95	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
96	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
97	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
98	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
99	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
100	Une sur dix	Pivot	Society & Culture	6	Spreaker	64

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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