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 Jul 2026

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07/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 158

Frequency: every 43 days

Duration: 00:44:21

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. CBC (3 shows)

4. Sony Music Entertainment (3 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (11 shows)

4. BBC (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
2	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
3	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
5	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
7	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
9	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
10	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	12	PRX	69
11	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
12	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
13	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
14	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
15	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
16	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	258	WideOrbit	48
17	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
18	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
19	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
20	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
21	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
22	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
23	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
24	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
25	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
26	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
27	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	134	N/A	N/A
28	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
29	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
30	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
31	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	188	Simplecast	58
32	The Missing Sister	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	53
33	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
34	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
35	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
36	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
37	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
38	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
39	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
40	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
41	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
42	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
43	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
44	EXTRAS	Studio SF	Society & Culture	9	Acast	43
45	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
46	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
47	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	82	Unknown	63
48	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
49	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
50	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
51	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
52	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
53	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
54	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
55	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
56	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
57	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
58	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	22	Omny Studio	68
59	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
60	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
61	The Obit Project	Jad Abumrad and Jule Banville	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
62	Blue square \| مربع آبی	Raad charity	Society & Culture	4	Acast	73
63	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
64	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
65	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
66	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
67	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
68	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
69	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
70	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
71	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
73	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
74	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
75	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
76	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
77	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
78	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
79	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
80	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
81	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
82	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
83	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
84	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	56	Spreaker	68
85	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
86	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
87	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
88	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
89	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
90	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
91	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
92	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
93	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
94	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
95	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
96	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
97	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
98	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
99	Fatal Fantasy	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	79
100	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	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.

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