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 oct. 2025

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10/21/2025

Average data

Episodes: 224

Frequency: every 238 days

Duration: 00:48:34

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. Ear Hustle & Radiotopia (2 shows)

5. BBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Megaphone (13 shows)

3. BBC (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (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	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
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	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
7	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
8	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
9	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
11	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
12	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
13	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
14	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
15	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
16	Translations	Claire Legendre et Transistor Média	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	79
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
18	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
19	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
20	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
21	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
22	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
23	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
24	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
25	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
26	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
27	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
28	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
29	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
30	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
31	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
32	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
33	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
34	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
35	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
36	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
37	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
38	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
39	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
40	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
41	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
42	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
43	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
45	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
46	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
47	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
48	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
49	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
50	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
51	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
52	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
53	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
54	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
55	Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate Blanchett	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	83
56	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
57	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
58	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68
59	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
60	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
61	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
62	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
63	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
64	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
65	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
67	Milk Teeth	Milk Teeth	Society & Culture	3	Substack	49
69	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
70	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
71	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
72	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
73	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
74	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
75	The Loop	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	7	PRX	64
76	ALIEN THEORISTS THEORIZING	Big Theory Podcasts	Society & Culture	550	RedCircle	49
77	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
78	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
79	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
80	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
81	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	510	BBC	28
82	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
83	Direct Action Combat Podcast	infopnb	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	41
84	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
85	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
86	The Corrymeela Podcast	Corrymeela	Society & Culture	43	Squarespace	58
87	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
88	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
89	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
90	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
91	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
92	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
93	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
94	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
96	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
97	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
98	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
99	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
100	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	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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