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 20 Jun 2025

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06/20/2025

Average data

Episodes: 205

Frequency: every 238 days

Duration: 00:43:53

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. Wavland (2 shows)

4. Audible Original (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Megaphone (17 shows)

3. BBC (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
2	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	26	RSS.com	58
5	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	161	Acast	43
6	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
7	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
10	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
11	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
12	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
13	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
14	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
16	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
17	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
18	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
19	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
20	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
21	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
22	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
23	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
24	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
25	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
26	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
27	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
28	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
29	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
30	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
31	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
32	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
33	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	129	BBC	38
34	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
35	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
36	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
37	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
38	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
39	I Am Refocused Radio	I Am Refocused Radio	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	64
40	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
41	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	456	RedCircle	59
42	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	387	Audion	58
43	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	68	Blubrry	49
44	Valérie Deschamps	Valérie Deschamps	Society & Culture	25	Unknown	89
45	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
46	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
47	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
48	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
49	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
50	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
51	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
52	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
53	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
54	Le Poids du Cloud	Victor Galarreta	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	69
55	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	32
56	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
57	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
58	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
59	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
60	Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power	John Williamson	Society & Culture	21	RedCircle	73
61	The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop	The Washington Post	Society & Culture	10	The Washington Post	63
62	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
63	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	29	Acast	78
64	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
65	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
66	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
67	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
69	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
70	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
71	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
72	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
73	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
74	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
75	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
76	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
77	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
78	Sous les barrages : Tshishe Manikuan	Productions Innu Assi	Society & Culture	7	Acast	53
79	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	277	Acast	69
80	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	38	Octopus	59
81	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	300	Audioboom	58
82	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
83	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
84	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	81	Megaphone	62
85	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
86	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
87	The Chilling Podcast	Little Fang Media	Society & Culture	29	Spreaker	43
88	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
89	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
90	The Experiment	The Atlantic and WNYC Studios	Society & Culture	60	Simplecast	73
91	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
92	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
93	老高和小茉最新更新	老高与小茉高速更新	Society & Culture	460	Ximalaya	39
94	Autre perspective	Kollectif	Society & Culture	12	Acast	89
95	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
96	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
97	Cosmic Peach	Julia Hamilton	Society & Culture	321	Spreaker	49
98	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
99	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1206	Acast	59
100	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63

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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