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 26 Feb 2026

Country

Main category

Sub category

Date

02/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 145

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:48:26

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. Audible (2 shows)

4. Louie Media (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (19 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. ART19 (6 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	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	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
5	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
6	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
7	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	157	Acast	43
8	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
10	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
11	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	67	Spreaker	84
12	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
13	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
14	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
15	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
18	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
19	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
20	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
21	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
22	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
23	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	52
24	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
25	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
26	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
27	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
28	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
29	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
30	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
31	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
32	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
33	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	101	BBC	38
34	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
35	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
36	Africville Forever	Podstarter Productions / Frequency Podcast Network	Society & Culture	13	Simplecast	59
37	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
38	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
39	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
40	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
41	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
42	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
43	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
44	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
45	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	83
46	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
47	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
48	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
49	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
50	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
51	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
52	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
53	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	443	Acast	74
54	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
55	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
56	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
57	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
58	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	75	Spreaker	43
59	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
60	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
61	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
62	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
63	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
64	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
65	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	375	Audion	58
66	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
67	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
68	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
69	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
70	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	430	Acast	53
71	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
72	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
73	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
74	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
75	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	111	Ximalaya	59
76	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
77	Direct Action Combat Podcast	infopnb	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	41
78	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
79	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
80	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
81	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
82	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
83	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
84	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	17	Acast	59
85	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
86	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1194	Acast	59
87	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	95	Acast	79
89	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
90	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
91	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
92	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	165	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
94	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
95	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
96	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
97	Le dernier vol de Raymond Boulanger : Révélations	iHeartRadio	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
98	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
99	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
100	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73

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.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in Canada.
Explore more data on podcast rankings by diving into other categories and countries, and stay ahead in the ever-changing podcast scene.

Previous charts Next charts

About Methodology Contact Support me Privacy Policy Legal Notice