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 29 Mar 2025

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03/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 180

Frequency: every 243 days

Duration: 00:43:58

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (5 shows)

3. CBC (4 shows)

4. QUB radio (2 shows)

5. The New York Times (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. BBC (11 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 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	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
4	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
5	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	161	Acast	43
6	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
8	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
10	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
11	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
12	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
13	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
15	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
16	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
17	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
18	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
19	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
20	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
21	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
22	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
23	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
24	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
25	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
26	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
27	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
28	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
29	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
30	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
31	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
32	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
33	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
34	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	443	Acast	53
35	Queries	TVO	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	59
36	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
37	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	277	Acast	69
38	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
39	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
40	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	457	RedCircle	59
41	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
42	Pourquoi tant de haine?	Léa Clermont-Dion	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	63
43	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
44	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
45	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
46	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
47	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	48	Omny Studio	53
48	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	388	Audion	58
49	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
50	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
51	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
52	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
53	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
54	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
55	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
56	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	66	Captivate	69
57	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	68	Blubrry	49
58	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
59	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
60	J'aime Hydro - édition 2019	Porte Parole	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	43
61	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
62	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
63	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
64	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
65	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
66	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
67	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
68	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	300	Audioboom	58
69	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
70	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
71	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
72	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
73	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
74	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
75	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
76	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
77	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
78	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
79	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
80	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
81	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
82	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
84	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
85	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	127	Simplecast	53
86	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
87	Africville Forever	Podstarter Productions / Frequency Podcast Network	Society & Culture	13	Simplecast	59
88	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
89	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
90	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
91	The Other Latif	WNYC Studios	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
92	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
93	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	676	Acast	69
94	Diggin' Oak Island	Dave McBride	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	48
95	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
96	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
97	Gaia Unexplained	Gaia.com	Society & Culture	36	Buzzsprout	58
98	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
99	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
100	Garde-Manger	QUB radio	Society & Culture	11	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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