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 Sep 2025

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09/26/2025

Average data

Episodes: 191

Frequency: every 243 days

Duration: 00:47:14

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. audiochuck (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (20 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. BBC (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
2	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
3	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
5	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
6	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
7	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	28	Spreaker	84
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
9	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	158	Acast	43
10	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	408	Megaphone	63
11	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
12	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	73	Audioboom	58
13	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
16	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
17	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
18	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
19	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
20	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	214	Megaphone	38
21	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
22	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
23	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
24	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
25	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
26	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	432	Acast	53
27	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
28	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
29	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
30	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
31	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
32	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
33	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
34	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
35	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
36	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
37	Gavin Newsom - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	67	Spreaker	59
38	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
39	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
40	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
41	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
42	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
43	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
44	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
45	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
46	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	104	BBC	38
47	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
48	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
49	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
50	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
51	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	376	Audion	58
52	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53
53	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	95	WideOrbit	68
54	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
55	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
56	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
57	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
58	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
59	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
60	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
61	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
62	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
63	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
64	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
65	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	272	PRX	43
66	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
67	Translations	Claire Legendre et Transistor Média	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	79
68	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	166	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
70	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
71	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
72	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
73	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
74	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
75	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
76	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
77	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
78	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	207	Megaphone	32
79	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
80	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
81	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
82	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	Les Montréalistes	lesmontreallistes	Society & Culture	17	Podbean	63
84	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
85	Gay Girl Gone	CBC	Society & Culture	8	Triton Digital	59
86	Top Comment	BBC	News	100	BBC	48
87	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
88	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
89	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	124	Simplecast	53
90	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
91	The Haunted Objects Podcast	Planet Weird	Society & Culture	33	Megaphone	62
92	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	48
93	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	497	RedCircle	43
94	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	270	Megaphone	32
95	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
96	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
97	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
98	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
99	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	52
100	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63

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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