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 2026

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09/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 170

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:44:28

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. The Guardian (2 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

5. Audible (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Omny Studio (13 shows)

3. Megaphone (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. BBC (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
2	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	35	BBC	58
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
4	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	352	ART19	68
5	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	157	Acast	43
6	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
7	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
8	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
9	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
10	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
11	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
12	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
15	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	261	WideOrbit	48
16	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
17	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	192	Simplecast	58
18	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	49	Megaphone	48
19	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
20	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	213	Megaphone	38
21	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
22	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
23	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
24	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
25	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
26	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
27	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	73
28	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	189	PRX	79
29	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
30	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	136	N/A	N/A
31	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
32	Reaching Out	Futuro Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
33	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	95	Acast	79
34	Theories of the Third Kind	Theories of the Third Kind	Society & Culture	302	WideOrbit	68
35	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	22	ART19	73
36	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	85	Unknown	63
37	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
38	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
39	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
40	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
41	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
42	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
43	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
44	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
45	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	52
46	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
47	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	213	Acast	79
48	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
49	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
50	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	47	Omny Studio	48
51	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	124	Simplecast	53
53	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
54	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
55	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
56	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
57	The Consciousness Cassettes (Season 2 of The Telepathy Tapes)	TTT Media	Society & Culture	15	ART19	52
58	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
59	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1193	Acast	59
60	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
61	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	442	Acast	74
62	EXTRAS	Studio SF	Society & Culture	10	Acast	53
63	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
64	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
65	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
66	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
67	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
68	History Well Told	Prime	Society & Culture	277	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
70	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
71	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
72	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	89	Libsyn	62
73	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	280	Megaphone	43
74	MimmPodcast \| پادکست میم	مهدی عباسی	Society & Culture	58	Unknown	68
75	The Poet	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	6	Megaphone	73
76	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	34	Omny Studio	83
77	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	404	Buzzsprout	83
78	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
79	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
80	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	164	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
82	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	150	Spotify for Podcasters	52
83	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
84	My Brother David	iHeartMedia	Society & Culture	1	Omny Studio	59
85	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
86	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
87	Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	23	Omny Studio	68
88	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	226	Acast	43
89	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
90	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
91	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
92	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	161	Omny Studio	69
93	Salt of the Earth	Grigg Media	Society & Culture	126	Buzzsprout	58
94	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	43	Omny Studio	53
95	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	373	Audion	58
96	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	124	Buzzsprout	53
97	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	32	Simplecast	49
98	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
99	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	354	Spotify for Podcasters	38
100	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	49	RedCircle	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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