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 Jun 2025

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06/23/2025

Average data

Episodes: 208

Frequency: every 249 days

Duration: 00:45:14

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

4. Wavland (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (16 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. BBC (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
2	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
6	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
7	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
8	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
9	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
11	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
12	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
13	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
14	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
15	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
16	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
18	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
19	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
20	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
21	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
22	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
23	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
24	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
25	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
26	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
27	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
28	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
29	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
30	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
31	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
32	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
33	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
34	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
35	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
36	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
37	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
38	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
39	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
40	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
41	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
42	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
43	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
44	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
45	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
46	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
47	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
48	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
49	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
50	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
51	The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop	The Washington Post	Society & Culture	10	The Washington Post	63
52	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
53	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
54	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
55	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
56	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
57	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	424	RedCircle	59
58	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
59	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
60	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
61	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
62	老高和小茉最新更新	老高与小茉高速更新	Society & Culture	460	Ximalaya	39
63	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
64	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
65	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
66	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
67	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
68	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
69	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
70	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
71	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
73	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
74	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
75	Valérie Deschamps	Valérie Deschamps	Society & Culture	25	Unknown	89
76	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
77	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
78	What's Missing	Casefile Presents	Society & Culture	10	Acast	73
79	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
80	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
81	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
82	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
83	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
84	This Haunted Life	Adam Berry	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	79
85	The Infographics Show Podcast	E.A Inc	Society & Culture	155	Spreaker	53
86	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
87	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
88	Invisible Institutions	Megan Q. Linton	Society & Culture	10	Podbean	48
89	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
90	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| QCODE	Society & Culture	44	Megaphone	53
91	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
92	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
93	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
94	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
95	I Am Refocused Radio	I Am Refocused Radio	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	64
96	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
97	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
98	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
99	Long Lost: An Investigative History Series	Twin Cities PBS	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63

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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