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 17 Apr 2026

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04/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 142

Frequency: every 247 days

Duration: 00:45:52

Top 5 authors

1. Tortoise Media (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

4. Cogeco Média (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (24 shows)

2. Megaphone (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. BBC (8 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
2	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
3	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
4	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
5	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	157	Acast	43
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
7	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
8	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
10	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
11	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
12	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
14	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
16	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
17	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
18	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
19	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
20	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
21	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
22	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
23	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
24	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
25	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	102	BBC	38
26	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
27	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
28	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
29	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
30	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
31	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
32	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
33	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
34	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
35	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
36	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
37	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	52
38	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
39	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	75	Spreaker	43
40	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
41	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
42	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
43	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
44	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
45	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
46	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
47	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
48	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
49	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
50	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
51	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
52	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
53	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
54	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
55	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
56	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	375	Audion	58
57	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
58	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
59	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
60	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
61	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
62	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
63	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
64	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
65	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
66	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
67	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
68	MIS(TER)GENDERED	Sar White	Society & Culture	6	Buzzsprout	58
69	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	103	Acast	73
70	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
71	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
72	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
73	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
74	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
75	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
76	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
77	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
78	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
79	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
80	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
81	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
82	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1195	Acast	59
83	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
84	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
85	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
86	Death in Westminster	Planet B Productions	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
87	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	77	Megaphone	62
88	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	83
89	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	151	Spotify for Podcasters	52
90	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
91	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
92	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	37	Octopus	59
93	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
94	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	526	Spreaker	43
95	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
96	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
97	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	162	Omny Studio	69
98	Direct Action Combat Podcast	infopnb	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	41
99	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
100	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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