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 Apr 2025

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04/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 192

Frequency: every 248 days

Duration: 00:43:21

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

2. CBC (5 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

5. TVO (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. BBC (11 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
2	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	409	Megaphone	63
3	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	159	Acast	43
4	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
5	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	941	Simplecast	38
6	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
7	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	354	ART19	68
8	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
9	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	310	Megaphone	42
11	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
12	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	23	RSS.com	52
13	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	100	BBC	53
14	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	164	Acast	69
15	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
16	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
17	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
18	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89
19	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
20	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	144	Megaphone	68
21	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
22	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
23	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
24	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	435	Acast	53
25	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	67	Blubrry	49
26	Penny Royal	Nathan Isaac	Society & Culture	19	Buzzsprout	58
27	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	268	Spreaker	69
28	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	191	PRX	79
29	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	215	Megaphone	38
30	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
31	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
32	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
33	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
34	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
35	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	704	Megaphone	53
36	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	91	Libsyn	62
37	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	53
38	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
39	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	112	BBC	38
40	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
41	Queries	TVO	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	59
42	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	211	Acast	79
43	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	439	Megaphone	32
44	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
45	pepe&chema podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	208	Megaphone	32
46	The Arctic Edge	Agnico Eagle	Society & Culture	17	Spreaker	84
47	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
48	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	190	Ximalaya	53
49	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
50	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
51	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	380	Audion	58
52	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
53	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
54	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	446	Acast	74
55	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
56	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
57	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	77	Buzzsprout	62
58	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
59	Sous les barrages : Tshishe Manikuan	Productions Innu Assi	Society & Culture	7	Acast	53
60	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
61	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
62	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
63	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	356	Spotify for Podcasters	38
64	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
65	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
66	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
67	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
68	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	440	RedCircle	59
69	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
70	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1199	Acast	59
71	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
72	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	414	BBC	28
73	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
74	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
75	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
76	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
77	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	276	Acast	69
78	Welcome to Paradise	CBC	Society & Culture	10	Triton Digital	59
79	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	98	Omny Studio	89
80	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
81	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
82	Ghost Herd	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	43
83	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
84	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
85	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	282	Megaphone	43
86	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	156	Megaphone	63
87	Neymar (UOL Prime)	UOL	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
88	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
89	香港電台：古今風雲人物	RTHK.HK	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	38
90	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53
91	Finally! A Show	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	73
92	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	273	Megaphone	32
93	Uncultured	The Culture Custodian	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
94	老高和小茉最新更新	老高与小茉高速更新	Society & Culture	460	Ximalaya	39
95	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
96	Sorry About The Kid	CBC	Society & Culture	6	Triton Digital	53
97	Storytime	Storytime	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	69
98	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
99	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
100	Saving Apollo 13 👨‍🚀	Forensic Engineer Sean Brady — from Brady Heywood	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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