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 19 Feb 2026

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02/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 146

Frequency: every 248 days

Duration: 00:45:15

Top 5 authors

1. CBC (4 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

5. audiochuck (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (18 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. BBC (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
2	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
6	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
7	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
9	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
10	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
11	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
12	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
13	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
14	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
17	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
18	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
19	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
20	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
21	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
22	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
23	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
24	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
25	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
26	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
27	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
28	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
29	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
30	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
31	Africville Forever	Podstarter Productions / Frequency Podcast Network	Society & Culture	13	Simplecast	59
32	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
33	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
34	Hidden Derbyshire - Landscapes of Time	Nine Ladies Productions	History	12	RedCircle	53
35	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
36	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
37	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
38	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
39	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
40	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
41	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
42	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
43	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
44	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
45	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
46	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
47	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
48	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
49	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
50	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
51	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
52	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
53	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
54	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
55	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
56	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
57	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
58	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
59	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
60	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
61	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	110	Ximalaya	59
62	Direct Action Combat Podcast	infopnb	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	41
63	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
64	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
65	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
66	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	367	Audion	58
67	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	64	Spreaker	43
68	Sorry About The Kid	CBC	Society & Culture	6	Triton Digital	53
69	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
70	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
71	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
72	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
73	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
74	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
75	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
76	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	76	Spreaker	69
77	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
78	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
79	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
80	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
81	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
82	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
83	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
84	Pourquoi tant de haine?	Léa Clermont-Dion	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	63
85	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
86	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
87	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
88	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
89	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
90	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
91	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
92	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	The Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	47	Podbean	58
93	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	157	Omny Studio	69
94	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
95	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
96	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
97	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
98	UNDERCURRENTS	MCC Ontario	Society & Culture	47	Spotify for Podcasters	53
99	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
100	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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