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 Dec 2025

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12/20/2025

Average data

Episodes: 155

Frequency: every 234 days

Duration: 00:46:36

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. The Telegraph (2 shows)

3. Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias (2 shows)

4. BBC (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (20 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. BBC (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	52
2	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
3	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
4	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
5	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
8	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	28	Spreaker	84
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
10	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
11	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	158	Acast	43
12	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
13	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
16	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
17	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
18	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
19	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
20	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
21	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
22	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
23	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
24	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
25	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
26	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
27	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	104	BBC	38
28	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
29	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
30	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
31	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
32	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
33	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
34	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
35	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
36	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
37	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
38	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
39	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
40	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
41	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
42	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
43	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
44	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
45	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	17	Acast	59
46	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
47	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
48	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
49	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
50	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
51	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
52	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
53	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	376	Audion	58
54	The Arctic Edge	Agnico Eagle	Society & Culture	17	Spreaker	84
55	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
56	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
57	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	58	Unknown	68
58	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
59	Valérie Deschamps	Valérie Deschamps	Society & Culture	25	Unknown	89
60	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	166	Spotify for Podcasters	28
61	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
62	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
63	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
64	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
65	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
66	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
67	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	70	Spotify for Podcasters	28
68	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
69	Chameleon: Dr. Miracle	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	63
70	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	295	Audioboom	58
71	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
72	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
73	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
74	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
75	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
76	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
77	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
78	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
79	Right Of Way	Hannah Harrison and Nicolas Winkler	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	79
80	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
81	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
82	WhatsApp University And Corona(Hindi) The Debator!	The Galaga Guy	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	63
83	Grace For Impact	Peoples Media	Society & Culture	76	Acast	94
84	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
85	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
86	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
87	The Vegan Report	Rayane Laddi	Society & Culture	155	RSS.com	42
88	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
89	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
90	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
91	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
92	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
93	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
94	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
95	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
96	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
97	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	75	Spreaker	43
98	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
99	Direct Action Combat Podcast	infopnb	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	41
100	Yeti	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	49

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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