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 24 Jun 2026

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06/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 166

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:44:11

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. Audible Original (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (20 shows)

2. Omny Studio (15 shows)

3. Megaphone (13 shows)

4. BBC (9 shows)

5. ART19 (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
5	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
6	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	161	Acast	43
7	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
9	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
10	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
11	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
12	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
13	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	39	Omny Studio	83
14	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	272	WideOrbit	48
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
16	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
17	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
18	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
19	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
20	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
21	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
22	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
23	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
24	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
25	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
26	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
27	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
28	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
29	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
30	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	145	N/A	N/A
31	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
32	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
33	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
34	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
35	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
36	EXTRAS	Studio SF	Society & Culture	13	Acast	63
37	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
38	Question Everything	KCRW	Society & Culture	90	Omny Studio	63
39	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
40	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
41	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
42	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
43	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
44	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
45	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
46	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
47	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
48	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
49	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
50	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
51	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	26	ART19	73
52	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	127	Buzzsprout	53
53	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
54	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	388	Audion	58
55	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
56	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
57	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
58	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
59	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
60	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
61	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
62	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
63	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
64	Le bruit des bottes - Accélérer la fin du monde	Sam Harper	Society & Culture	5	Acast	79
65	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	26	RSS.com	58
66	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
67	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
68	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
69	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
70	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
71	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
72	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
73	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
74	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
75	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
76	Army of Normal Folks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	494	Omny Studio	68
77	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
78	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
79	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
80	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
81	J'aime Hydro - édition 2019	Porte Parole	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	43
82	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
83	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
84	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
85	Yeti	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	49
86	We the Unhoused	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	130	Omny Studio	48
87	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
88	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
89	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	32
90	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
91	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	355	Simplecast	78
92	Power Plays	Human Rights Foundation	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	63
93	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
95	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
96	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
97	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
98	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
99	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
100	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69

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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