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 27 Jan 2026

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01/27/2026

Average data

Episodes: 195

Frequency: every 42 days

Duration: 00:44:30

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

3. Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias (2 shows)

4. CBC (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. BBC (9 shows)

5. ART19 (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
2	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
3	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
4	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
5	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
6	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
8	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
9	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
10	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
11	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
12	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
13	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
14	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
15	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
17	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
18	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
19	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
20	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
21	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
22	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
23	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
24	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
25	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
26	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
27	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
28	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
29	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
30	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
31	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
32	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
33	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
34	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
35	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
36	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
37	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
38	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
39	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
40	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
41	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
42	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
43	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
44	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
45	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
46	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
47	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
48	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
49	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
50	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
51	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	17	Acast	59
52	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
53	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
54	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
55	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
56	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
57	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
58	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
59	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
60	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
61	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
62	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
63	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
64	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
65	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
66	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
67	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
68	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
69	Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	26	Omny Studio	63
70	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
71	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
72	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
73	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
74	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
75	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
76	Autre perspective	Kollectif	Society & Culture	12	Acast	89
77	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
78	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
79	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
80	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
82	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
83	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
84	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
85	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	The Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	47	Podbean	58
86	The Palisades Fire: A Sandcastles Special	Wave Maker Media	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
87	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
88	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
89	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
90	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
91	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
92	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
93	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
94	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
95	Creepy Shit	Creepy Shit	Society & Culture	72	Audioboom	58
96	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
97	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
98	The Poison Detectives	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	10	Acast	69
99	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
100	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52

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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