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 21 juil. 2025

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07/21/2025

Average data

Episodes: 168

Frequency: every 251 days

Duration: 00:46:52

Top 5 authors

1. Tortoise Media (5 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

3. CBC (4 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

5. BBC (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (18 shows)

2. Omny Studio (14 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 shows)

4. BBC (10 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	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
5	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
6	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
7	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
8	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
9	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
11	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
12	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
13	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
16	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
17	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
18	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
19	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
20	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
21	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
22	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
23	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
24	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
25	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
26	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
27	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
28	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
29	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
30	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
31	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
32	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
33	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
34	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
35	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
36	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
37	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
38	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
39	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
40	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
41	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
42	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
43	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
44	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
45	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	425	RedCircle	59
46	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
47	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
48	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
49	Classy with Jonathan Menjivar	Pineapple Street Studios and Audacy	Society & Culture	11	WideOrbit	42
50	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
51	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
52	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	367	Audion	58
53	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
54	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
55	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
56	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
57	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
58	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
59	Direct Action Combat Podcast	infopnb	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	41
60	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	553	Spreaker	74
61	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
62	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
63	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
64	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
65	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
66	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
67	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
68	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
69	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	48
70	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
71	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
72	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
73	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
74	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
75	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	64	Spreaker	43
76	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
77	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
78	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
79	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
80	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
81	We the Unhoused	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	130	Omny Studio	48
82	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
83	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
84	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	157	Omny Studio	69
85	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
86	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
87	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
88	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
89	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
90	It's Reigning Men	Daniel Rosney	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
91	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	120	Simplecast	53
92	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
93	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
94	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
95	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
96	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
97	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
98	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
99	Sleep and ASMR by The French Whisperer	The French Whisperer	Religion & Spirituality	128	Spotify for Podcasters	38
100	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79

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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