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 Mar 2026

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03/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 156

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:45:27

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. The Observer (2 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

4. CBC (2 shows)

5. Sony Music Entertainment (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (20 shows)

2. Megaphone (19 shows)

3. Omny Studio (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. BBC (6 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	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
5	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
7	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
8	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
9	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
10	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
11	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
12	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
13	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
17	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
18	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
19	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
20	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
21	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
22	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
23	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
24	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
25	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
26	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
27	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
28	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
29	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
30	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
31	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
32	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
33	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
34	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
35	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
36	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
37	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
38	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
39	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
40	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
41	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
42	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
43	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
44	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
45	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
46	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
47	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
48	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
49	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
50	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
51	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
52	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
53	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
54	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
55	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
56	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
57	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
58	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
59	The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women (HERO)	Foreign Policy magazine	Society & Culture	68	Megaphone	58
60	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
61	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
62	Where Is John's Daughter?	Jamie & Natalie	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
63	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
64	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
66	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	340	Acast	64
67	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
68	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
69	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
70	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
71	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
72	Direct Action Combat Podcast	infopnb	Society & Culture	30	Podbean	41
73	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
74	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
75	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
76	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
77	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
78	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
79	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
80	Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"	Katy Shields	Society & Culture	3	Podigee	58
81	Our Common Nature	WNYC	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
82	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
83	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
84	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
85	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
86	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
87	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
88	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
89	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
90	Le bruit des bottes - Accélérer la fin du monde	Sam Harper	Society & Culture	5	Acast	79
91	Tête de cochon	Sandrine Deschênes	Society & Culture	48	Simplecast	53
92	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
93	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
94	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
95	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
96	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	395	Buzzsprout	83
97	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
98	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
99	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
100	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	292	Audioboom	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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