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 Aug 2025

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08/20/2025

Average data

Episodes: 158

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:44:20

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

4. CBC (3 shows)

5. BBC (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (13 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. BBC (11 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	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
4	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
5	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	157	Acast	43
6	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	95	Acast	79
7	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	407	Megaphone	63
8	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
11	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
12	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
13	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
14	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
15	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
17	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
18	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
19	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
20	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
21	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
22	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
23	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
24	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
25	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
26	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
27	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
28	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
29	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
30	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
31	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
32	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
33	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
34	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
35	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
36	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
37	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
38	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
39	Taylor Swift' and Travis Kelce	Quiet. Please	Society & Culture	52	Spreaker	49
40	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	443	Acast	74
41	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	375	Audion	58
42	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
43	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	430	Acast	53
44	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
45	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
46	In The Wild	Narrative.fm	Society & Culture	157	Simplecast	63
47	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
48	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
49	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
50	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
51	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
52	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	52
53	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
54	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
55	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
56	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1194	Acast	59
57	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
58	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
59	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
60	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
61	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
62	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
63	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	124	Simplecast	53
64	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
65	Direct Action Combat Podcast	infopnb	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	41
66	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
67	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	53
68	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	165	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
70	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	101	BBC	38
71	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
72	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
73	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
74	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
75	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
76	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
77	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
78	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	70	Spotify for Podcasters	28
79	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
80	Top Comment	BBC	News	99	BBC	48
81	Sous les barrages : Tshishe Manikuan	Productions Innu Assi	Society & Culture	7	Acast	53
82	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	343	Acast	64
83	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
84	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	494	RedCircle	43
85	Le dernier vol de Raymond Boulanger : Révélations	iHeartRadio	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
86	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	428	RedCircle	59
87	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
88	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
89	Pourquoi tant de haine?	Léa Clermont-Dion	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	63
90	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
92	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
93	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
94	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
95	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
96	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
97	Queries	TVO	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	59
98	Gay Girl Gone	CBC	Society & Culture	8	Triton Digital	59
99	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
100	Classrooms Beyond Borders: A Day in the Life	Cammie Kannekens	Society & Culture	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32

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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