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 oct. 2025

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10/20/2025

Average data

Episodes: 220

Frequency: every 240 days

Duration: 00:46:55

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

2. CBC (4 shows)

3. Louie Media (2 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. audiochuck (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (20 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. BBC (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
2	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
3	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
4	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
6	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
8	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
9	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
10	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
11	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
12	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
13	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
14	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
18	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
19	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
20	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
21	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
22	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
23	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
24	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
25	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
26	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
27	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
28	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
29	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
30	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
31	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
32	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
33	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
34	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
35	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
36	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
37	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
38	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
39	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
40	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
41	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	367	Audion	58
42	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
43	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
44	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
45	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
46	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
47	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
48	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
49	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
50	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
51	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
52	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
53	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
54	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
55	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
56	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
57	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
58	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
59	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
60	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68
61	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
62	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
63	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
64	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
65	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
66	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
67	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
68	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
69	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
70	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
71	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
72	ALIEN THEORISTS THEORIZING	Big Theory Podcasts	Society & Culture	550	RedCircle	49
73	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
74	Milk Teeth	Milk Teeth	Society & Culture	3	Substack	49
75	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
76	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
77	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
78	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53
79	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
80	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
81	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
82	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	141	Captivate	79
84	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
85	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
86	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
87	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
88	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
89	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
90	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
91	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
92	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
93	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
94	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	64	Spreaker	43
95	Gay Girl Gone	CBC	Society & Culture	8	Triton Digital	59
96	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
97	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
98	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
99	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
100	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69

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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