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 mars 2026

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03/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 141

Frequency: every 42 days

Duration: 00:45:12

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Acast (19 shows)

3. Omny Studio (11 shows)

4. BBC (8 shows)

5. ART19 (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
2	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
3	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
4	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	156	Acast	43
5	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	303	Megaphone	42
7	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
8	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	97	BBC	53
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
10	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	69	Triton Digital	63
11	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
12	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	32
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
16	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	64	Acast	83
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	141	Megaphone	68
18	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	378	Audioboom	62
19	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
20	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
21	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	93	WideOrbit	68
22	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	212	Megaphone	38
23	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	48	Megaphone	48
24	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
25	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
26	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
27	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	69	Spreaker	43
28	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
29	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	94	Acast	79
30	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
31	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
32	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
33	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
34	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
35	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	262	Spreaker	69
36	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
37	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
38	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
39	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
40	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
41	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
42	Where Is John's Daughter?	Jamie & Natalie	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
43	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	698	Megaphone	53
44	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
45	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
46	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	440	Acast	74
47	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
48	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
49	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
50	The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women (HERO)	Foreign Policy magazine	Society & Culture	68	Megaphone	58
51	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	48
52	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
53	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	188	PRX	79
54	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
55	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
56	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
57	Direct Action Combat Podcast	infopnb	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	41
58	Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"	Katy Shields	Society & Culture	3	Podigee	58
59	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
60	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
61	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	33	Omny Studio	83
62	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
63	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
64	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
65	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
66	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
67	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
68	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	370	Audion	58
69	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
70	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
71	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	353	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	149	Spotify for Podcasters	52
73	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
74	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	122	Simplecast	53
75	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
76	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	53	Megaphone	53
77	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
78	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
79	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
80	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
81	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
82	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
83	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
84	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
85	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
86	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1190	Acast	59
87	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
88	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
89	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
90	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
91	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
92	The Stratford Slice	Stratford Slice	Society & Culture	59	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
94	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
95	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
96	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
97	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
98	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
99	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
100	Sous les barrages : Tshishe Manikuan	Productions Innu Assi	Society & Culture	7	Acast	53

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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