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 May 2025

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05/23/2025

Average data

Episodes: 178

Frequency: every 242 days

Duration: 00:45:23

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Cogeco Média (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Megaphone (17 shows)

3. Omny Studio (11 shows)

4. BBC (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
3	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
4	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	157	Acast	43
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	407	Megaphone	63
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
8	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
9	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	430	Acast	53
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
11	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
12	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
13	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
14	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
15	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
16	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
17	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
18	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
19	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
20	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
21	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
22	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
23	CNN Presents	CNN Audio	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	69
24	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	52
25	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
26	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
27	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
28	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
29	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
30	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
31	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
32	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
33	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1194	Acast	59
34	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
35	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
36	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
37	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
38	Les enfants nés du viol	Maude Petel-Légaré	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	79
39	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
40	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	374	Audion	58
41	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
42	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
43	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
44	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
45	Sous les barrages : Tshishe Manikuan	Productions Innu Assi	Society & Culture	7	Acast	53
46	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
47	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
48	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
49	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
50	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
51	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
52	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
53	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	443	Acast	74
54	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
55	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
56	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
57	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
58	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
59	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
60	Au pays des cratères	Élise Ekker-Lambert et Gaël Poirier	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	79
61	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
62	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
63	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
64	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
65	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
66	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
67	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
68	Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"	Katy Shields	Society & Culture	3	Podigee	58
69	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	427	RedCircle	59
70	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	124	Buzzsprout	53
71	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
72	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
73	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
74	First America	Pushkin Industries	History	34	Omny Studio	63
75	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
76	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
78	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
79	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	494	RedCircle	43
80	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
81	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	269	Megaphone	32
82	Motherhood vs The Machine	Theos	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
83	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	55	BBC	48
84	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
85	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
86	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
87	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	58
88	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
89	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
90	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	201	Megaphone	53
91	Queries	TVO	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	59
92	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
93	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
94	Right Where You Are Sitting Now	Ken Eakins	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	62
95	J'aime Hydro - édition 2019	Porte Parole	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	43
96	Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown	Society & Culture	566	Spreaker	74
97	Haunted Homies	Bleav	Society & Culture	39	Simplecast	53
98	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	142	Captivate	79
99	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
100	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68

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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