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 Apr 2025

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04/16/2025

Average data

Episodes: 203

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:43:07

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (19 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. BBC (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (12 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	159	Acast	43
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	941	Simplecast	38
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	409	Megaphone	63
5	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
7	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	100	BBC	53
8	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
9	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
10	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
11	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
12	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
13	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	309	Megaphone	42
14	The Arctic Edge	Agnico Eagle	Society & Culture	17	Spreaker	84
15	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	71	Triton Digital	63
16	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
17	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
18	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	215	Megaphone	38
19	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	144	Megaphone	68
20	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
21	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
22	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
23	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
24	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	91	Libsyn	62
25	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	267	Spreaker	69
26	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
27	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
28	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	164	Acast	69
29	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	438	Megaphone	32
30	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	435	Acast	53
31	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
32	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
33	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
34	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
35	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	703	Megaphone	53
36	J'aime Hydro - édition 2019	Porte Parole	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	43
37	Queries	TVO	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	59
38	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	439	RedCircle	59
39	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	111	BBC	38
40	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	378	Audion	58
41	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
42	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
43	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	190	Ximalaya	53
44	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	98	Omny Studio	89
45	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
46	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
47	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
48	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	53
49	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	96	WideOrbit	68
50	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
51	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
52	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1199	Acast	59
53	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	276	Acast	69
54	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
55	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
56	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	48
57	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
58	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
59	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
61	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
62	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
63	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
64	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
65	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	57	BBC	48
66	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
67	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	211	Acast	79
68	老高和小茉最新更新	老高与小茉高速更新	Society & Culture	460	Ximalaya	39
69	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42
70	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	446	Acast	74
71	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
72	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
73	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
74	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
75	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
76	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
77	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
78	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	164	Omny Studio	69
79	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
80	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	298	Audioboom	58
81	C'est arrivé le...	QUB radio	Society & Culture	4	Omny Studio	59
82	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	126	Simplecast	53
83	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
84	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
85	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	406	Buzzsprout	83
86	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
87	香港電台：古今風雲人物	RTHK.HK	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	38
88	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
89	Métis Speaker Series	Metis Nation British Columbia	Society & Culture	63	RedCircle	63
90	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	208	Megaphone	32
91	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
92	HUMO: Murder and Silence in El Salvador	Sonoro	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	59
93	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
94	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	203	Megaphone	63
95	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
96	Pourquoi tant de haine?	Léa Clermont-Dion	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	63
97	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
98	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
99	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
100	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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