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 Aug 2026

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08/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 130

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:45:24

Top 5 authors

1. The Observer (2 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

3. The New York Times (2 shows)

4. Audible Original (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (20 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. BBC (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	162	Acast	43
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
5	EXTRAS	Studio SF	Society & Culture	13	Acast	63
6	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
7	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	16	PRX	69
8	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
9	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
10	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
11	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	273	WideOrbit	48
12	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
13	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
14	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
15	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
16	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	145	N/A	N/A
17	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
18	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	26	RSS.com	58
19	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
20	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
21	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
22	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
23	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
24	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
25	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
26	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
27	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
28	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
29	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
30	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
31	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
32	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
33	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
34	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
35	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
36	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
37	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
38	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
39	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
40	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
41	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
42	Question Everything	KCRW	Society & Culture	90	Omny Studio	63
43	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
44	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
45	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
46	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	26	ART19	73
47	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
48	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
49	Theories of the Third Kind	Theories of the Third Kind	Society & Culture	306	WideOrbit	68
50	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
51	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
52	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
53	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	196	Simplecast	58
54	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
55	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
56	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
57	Bailey Sarian	Bailey Sarian	Society & Culture	158	Spreaker	43
58	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
59	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
60	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	388	Audion	58
61	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
62	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
63	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
64	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
65	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
66	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
67	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
68	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
69	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	127	Simplecast	53
70	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
71	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
72	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
73	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
74	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
75	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
76	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
77	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
78	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
79	The Missing Sister	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	53
80	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	237	Acast	43
81	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
83	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
84	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
85	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
86	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
87	Direct Action Combat Podcast	infopnb	Society & Culture	32	Podbean	41
88	Chameleon: The Michigan Plot	Sony Music Entertainment / Campside Media	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
89	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
90	Fighting Crime	Arnold Ventures	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	58
91	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
92	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	82	Megaphone	62
94	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	175	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
96	Everyday Abundance: The hidden stories behind everyday technologies	Virginia Postrel and Charles C. Mann	Society & Culture	8	Castos	52
97	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
98	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	68	Blubrry	49
99	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
100	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	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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