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 Apr 2026

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04/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 131

Frequency: every 36 days

Duration: 00:46:26

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. BBC (10 shows)

5. ART19 (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: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
4	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
5	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
6	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
7	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
8	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	161	Acast	43
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
10	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
11	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
12	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
15	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
16	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
17	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
18	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
19	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
20	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	103	Acast	79
21	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
22	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
23	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
24	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
25	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	129	BBC	38
26	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
27	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
28	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
29	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
30	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
31	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
32	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	57	PRX	64
33	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
34	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
35	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
36	Confessions of an Elite Athlete with Midge Purce	Vox Media	Sports	2	Megaphone	48
37	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
38	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
39	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
40	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
41	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
42	Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW	Society & Culture	24	Unknown	48
43	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
44	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
45	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
46	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
47	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
48	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	26	RSS.com	58
49	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
50	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
51	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
52	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
53	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
54	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
55	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
56	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
57	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
58	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
59	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
60	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	29	Acast	78
61	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
62	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	387	Audion	58
63	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
64	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
65	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	38	Omny Studio	83
66	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
67	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
68	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
69	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
70	MIS(TER)GENDERED	Sar White	Society & Culture	6	Buzzsprout	58
71	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
72	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
73	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
74	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
75	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
76	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
77	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
78	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
79	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
80	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
81	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
82	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
83	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
84	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
85	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	354	Simplecast	78
86	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
87	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
88	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	81	Megaphone	62
89	Where Is John's Daughter?	Jamie & Natalie	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
90	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
91	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
92	The InBetween Official Podcast	The_InBetween	Society & Culture	206	Podbean	47
93	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
94	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
95	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	173	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
97	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
98	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
99	Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan	IRONCLAD	Society & Culture	12	Megaphone	83
100	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	113	Ximalaya	59

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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