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 23 Apr 2025

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04/23/2025

Average data

Episodes: 175

Frequency: every 230 days

Duration: 00:44:05

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. The Observer (2 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

4. audiochuck (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. BBC (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	157	Acast	43
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	407	Megaphone	63
5	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	351	ART19	68
7	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
8	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
9	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	305	Megaphone	42
11	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	69	Triton Digital	63
12	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
13	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
14	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	213	Megaphone	38
15	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
16	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
17	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
18	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	430	Acast	53
19	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
20	The Arctic Edge	Agnico Eagle	Society & Culture	17	Spreaker	84
21	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
22	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	700	Megaphone	53
23	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
24	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	434	Megaphone	32
25	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
26	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
27	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
28	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	189	PRX	79
29	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
30	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	264	Spreaker	69
31	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
32	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
33	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	89	Libsyn	62
34	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
35	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	373	Audion	58
36	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
37	Queries	TVO	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	59
38	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
39	White Smoke - Pope Leo XIV the American Pope	Caloroga Shark Media	News	132	Spreaker	59
40	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
41	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	442	Acast	74
42	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
43	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	280	Megaphone	43
44	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
45	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	73
46	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
47	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
48	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
49	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
50	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
51	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	213	Acast	79
52	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
53	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
54	J'aime Hydro - édition 2019	Porte Parole	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	43
55	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
56	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
57	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
58	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
59	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
60	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
61	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	95	Acast	79
62	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	54	BBC	58
63	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
64	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	94	WideOrbit	68
65	Ghost Herd	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	43
66	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
67	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
68	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1193	Acast	59
69	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
71	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
72	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
73	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	53
74	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	426	RedCircle	59
75	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	35	BBC	58
76	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
77	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
78	Pourquoi tant de haine?	Léa Clermont-Dion	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	63
79	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	411	BBC	28
80	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
81	老高和小茉最新更新	老高与小茉高速更新	Society & Culture	460	Ximalaya	39
82	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
83	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
84	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
85	智族Talk	智族Talk(蜻蜓FM提供)	Documentary	91	Unknown	43
86	Stories for Power	StoryTelling & Organizing Project (STOP)	Society & Culture	12	Buzzsprout	83
87	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	404	Buzzsprout	83
88	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
89	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
90	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	563	Spreaker	74
91	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
92	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	643	Acast	69
93	I Survived The Wild Outdoors	Brad Mathewson	Society & Culture	59	Acast	68
94	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse	Society & Culture	251	Buzzsprout	42
95	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
96	La chasse interdite	Nicolas Lachapelle	Society & Culture	2	Transistor	74
97	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	342	Acast	64
98	香港電台：古今風雲人物	RTHK.HK	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	38
99	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
100	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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