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 Jun 2025

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06/27/2025

Average data

Episodes: 177

Frequency: every 39 days

Duration: 00:42:05

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. The New York Times (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (20 shows)

2. BBC (11 shows)

3. Megaphone (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
2	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
3	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
4	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	942	Simplecast	38
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	411	Megaphone	63
7	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	160	Acast	43
8	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	53	RedCircle	73
9	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	26	American Public Media	62
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	42
11	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	356	ART19	68
12	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
13	Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan Berg	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	68
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	24	RSS.com	58
16	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
17	Top Comment	BBC	News	102	BBC	48
18	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	116	Acast	73
19	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	217	Megaphone	38
20	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
21	Pills and Power	Pills and Power	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	43
22	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	145	Megaphone	68
23	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
24	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
25	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
26	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	441	Megaphone	32
27	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
28	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	119	BBC	38
29	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	438	Acast	53
30	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
31	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
32	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	283	Megaphone	43
33	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
34	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
35	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	276	Acast	69
36	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
37	The Takeover	Canada's National Observer	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
38	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	165	Acast	69
39	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
40	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	706	Megaphone	53
41	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
42	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	448	Acast	74
43	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	92	Libsyn	62
44	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	269	Spreaker	69
45	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	448	RedCircle	59
46	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	58	BBC	58
47	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
48	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	26	Acast	83
49	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
50	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	46	Omny Studio	53
51	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	191	Ximalaya	53
52	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
53	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
54	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
56	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	383	Audion	58
57	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	101	Acast	79
58	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
59	Architecture of Abuse	Architecture of Abuse	Society & Culture	15	Podbean	63
60	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
61	Valérie Deschamps	Valérie Deschamps	Society & Culture	25	Unknown	89
62	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
63	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
64	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
65	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
66	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
67	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
68	Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	90	Acast	89
69	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	212	Acast	79
70	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
71	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
72	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
73	The Arctic Edge	Agnico Eagle	Society & Culture	17	Spreaker	84
74	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
75	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	500	RedCircle	43
76	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
77	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
78	Hidden Cults	Nik Hunter	Society & Culture	65	Spreaker	70
79	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
80	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	68	Blubrry	49
81	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	126	Simplecast	53
82	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
83	Pourquoi tant de haine?	Léa Clermont-Dion	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	63
84	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
85	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
86	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1202	Acast	59
87	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	97	WideOrbit	68
88	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
89	The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop	The Washington Post	Society & Culture	10	The Washington Post	63
90	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
91	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
92	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	415	BBC	28
93	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
94	Le Poids du Cloud	Victor Galarreta	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	69
95	老高和小茉最新更新	老高与小茉高速更新	Society & Culture	460	Ximalaya	39
96	¿Por qué gastamos? Por Nu Colombia	Nu Colombia & Naranja Media	Society & Culture	34	Spreaker	49
97	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
98	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
99	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
100	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	99	Omny Studio	89

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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