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 Mar 2025

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03/27/2025

Average data

Episodes: 186

Frequency: every 238 days

Duration: 00:43:34

Top 5 authors

1. CBC (3 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. SpectreVision Radio (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. BBC (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
3	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	161	Acast	43
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
5	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
6	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
8	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
9	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
10	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
11	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
12	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
13	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
14	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
15	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
16	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
17	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
18	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
19	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
20	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
21	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
22	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
23	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
24	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
25	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
26	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
27	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
28	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
29	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
30	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
31	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	130	BBC	38
32	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
33	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	457	RedCircle	59
34	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
35	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
36	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
37	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
38	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	127	Simplecast	53
39	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
40	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
41	Queries	TVO	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	59
42	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
43	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
44	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
45	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
46	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	68	Blubrry	49
47	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
48	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
49	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
50	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	277	Acast	69
51	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
52	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
53	Garde-Manger	QUB radio	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	63
54	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
55	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
56	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
57	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	387	Audion	58
58	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
59	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
60	Extraordinary Evidence \| ESP Is Real	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
61	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
62	Pourquoi tant de haine?	Léa Clermont-Dion	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	63
63	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
64	J'aime Hydro - édition 2019	Porte Parole	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	43
65	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
66	On Site Report	Theodore Abbott	Society & Culture	6	Podbean	38
67	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	66	Captivate	69
68	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
69	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
70	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
71	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
72	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
73	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
74	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
75	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	114	Spotify for Podcasters	42
76	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
77	Ensemble pour toustes.	Fierté Montréal	Society & Culture	10	Transistor	69
78	Leaving Eden Podcast	Leaving Eden LLC	Society & Culture	346	Acast	64
79	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
80	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
81	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	300	Audioboom	58
82	The Other Latif	WNYC Studios	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
83	Africville Forever	Podstarter Productions / Frequency Podcast Network	Society & Culture	13	Simplecast	59
84	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	274	PRX	43
85	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
86	Gaia Unexplained	Gaia.com	Society & Culture	36	Buzzsprout	58
87	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
88	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
89	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
90	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
91	Curious Tourism: Responsible Travel Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Erin Elizabeth Hynes of Pina Travels	Society & Culture	158	Audioboom	47
92	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
94	Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy	DreamCrew	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	48
95	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
96	History's Great Mysteries	Nick	Society & Culture	20	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
98	The Truth	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	330	Spreaker	49
99	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
100	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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