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 Jul 2025

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07/20/2025

Average data

Episodes: 206

Frequency: every 250 days

Duration: 00:47:42

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. CBC (4 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (18 shows)

2. Omny Studio (14 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 shows)

4. BBC (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
2	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
6	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
7	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
8	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
10	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
11	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
12	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
15	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
16	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
17	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
18	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
19	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
20	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
21	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
22	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
23	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
24	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
25	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
26	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
27	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
28	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
29	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
30	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
31	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
32	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
33	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
34	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
35	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
36	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
37	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
38	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
39	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
40	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
41	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
42	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
43	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
44	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
45	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
46	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
47	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
48	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
49	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
50	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
51	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
52	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
53	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
54	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
55	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
56	Direct Action Combat Podcast	infopnb	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	41
57	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
58	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
59	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
60	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
62	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
63	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
64	Des histoires qui résonnent : le Balado des proches aidants - animé par Marina Orsini Details temporarily unavailable	Des histoires qui résonnent : le Balado des proches aidants - Animé par Marina Orsini	Society & Culture	45	Audioboom	68
65	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
67	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
68	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
69	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
70	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
71	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
72	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
73	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
74	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
75	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
76	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
77	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
78	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
79	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
80	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door	Society & Culture	96	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
82	We the Unhoused	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	130	Omny Studio	48
83	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
84	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
85	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
86	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
87	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53
88	老高和小茉最新更新	老高与小茉高速更新	Society & Culture	460	Ximalaya	39
89	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
90	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
91	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
92	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
93	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
94	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
95	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
96	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
97	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
98	Valérie Deschamps	Valérie Deschamps	Society & Culture	25	Unknown	89
99	Queer Legends: An Oral History Podcast	Shawn Dearn	Society & Culture	31	Libsyn	68
100	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53

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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