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 25 Feb 2026

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02/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 133

Frequency: every 251 days

Duration: 00:47:49

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

2. CBC (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. BBC (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
2	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
3	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
4	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
8	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
9	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
10	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
11	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
12	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
13	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
14	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
15	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
16	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
19	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
20	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
21	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
22	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
23	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
24	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
25	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
26	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
27	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
28	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
29	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
30	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
31	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
32	Africville Forever	Podstarter Productions / Frequency Podcast Network	Society & Culture	13	Simplecast	59
33	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
34	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
35	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
36	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
37	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
38	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
39	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
40	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
41	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
42	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
43	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
44	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
45	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
46	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
47	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
48	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
49	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
50	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
51	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
52	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
53	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
54	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
55	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
56	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
57	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
58	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
59	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
60	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
61	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	17	Acast	59
62	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
63	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
64	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
65	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
66	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
67	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
68	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
69	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
70	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
71	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	110	Ximalaya	59
72	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
73	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
74	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
75	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
76	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
77	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
78	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
80	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
81	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
82	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
83	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
84	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
85	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
86	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
87	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
88	Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez	Sonoro \| Futuro Studios	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	43
89	Direct Action Combat Podcast	infopnb	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	41
90	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
91	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
92	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
93	Sorry About The Kid	CBC	Society & Culture	6	Triton Digital	53
95	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
96	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	Hidden Cults	Nik Hunter	Society & Culture	65	Spreaker	70
98	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
99	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
100	The Arctic Edge	Agnico Eagle	Society & Culture	17	Spreaker	84

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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