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 2026

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04/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 138

Frequency: every 45 days

Duration: 00:45:18

Top 5 authors

1. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

2. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (20 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Omny Studio (13 shows)

4. BBC (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
2	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
3	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
4	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
5	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
6	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
7	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
8	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
10	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
11	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
12	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
13	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
14	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
15	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
17	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
18	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
19	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
20	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
21	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
22	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
23	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
24	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
25	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
26	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
27	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
28	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
29	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
30	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
31	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
32	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
33	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
34	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
35	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
36	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
37	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
38	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
39	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
40	Debt Heads	Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster	Society & Culture	13	Transistor	73
41	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
42	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
43	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
44	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
45	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
46	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	291	Acast	69
47	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
48	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
49	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
50	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
51	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
52	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
53	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
54	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
55	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
56	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
57	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
58	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	86	Libsyn	62
59	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
60	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
61	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
62	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
63	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
64	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
65	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
66	Fallen Angel	Audacy Studios \| Campside Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
67	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
68	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
69	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
70	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
71	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
72	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
73	MIS(TER)GENDERED	Sar White	Society & Culture	6	Buzzsprout	58
74	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
75	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
76	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
77	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
78	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	76	Buzzsprout	62
79	Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW	Society & Culture	24	Unknown	48
80	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
81	Migrating to America: A Dream Worth Dying For	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	19	Omny Studio	48
82	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	45	Omny Studio	48
83	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	47	RedCircle	73
84	The Other Latif	WNYC Studios	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
85	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
86	The Ultimate Choice	TVO	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	49
87	The Palisades Fire: A Sandcastles Special	Wave Maker Media	Society & Culture	9	PRX	69
88	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
90	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	490	RedCircle	43
91	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
92	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
94	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
95	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
96	Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement \| Stories from the Frontlines of Animal Liberation	Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan	Society & Culture	375	Blubrry Podcasting	43
97	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
98	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
99	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
100	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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