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 30 Oct 2026

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10/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 134

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:45:24

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

3. BBC (2 shows)

4. The Guardian (2 shows)

5. CBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. BBC (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. ART19 (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	METRO with Sarah Koenig	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	58
2	The Binge: Free Shelley Jensen	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	161	Megaphone	48
3	EXTRAS	Studio SF	Society & Culture	13	Acast	63
4	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
5	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
6	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
7	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
8	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	272	WideOrbit	48
9	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
10	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
11	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	161	Acast	43
12	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
13	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
14	Reaching Out	Futuro Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	79
15	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
16	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
17	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
18	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
19	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	130	BBC	38
20	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
21	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
22	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
23	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
24	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	145	N/A	N/A
25	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	26	RSS.com	58
26	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	16	PRX	69
27	Silk & Savage	iHeartRadio	Society & Culture	1	Omny Studio	63
28	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
29	No One Is Coming	Ten Cats Media	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
30	Deep Secrets	Nothing To See Here, Inc.	Society & Culture	8	RedCircle	69
31	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
32	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
33	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
34	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	196	Simplecast	58
35	Question Everything	KCRW	Society & Culture	90	Omny Studio	63
36	Unquiet Realities	Winchester	Society & Culture	9	RedCircle	79
37	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	26	ART19	73
38	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
39	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
40	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
41	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
42	Theories of the Third Kind	Theories of the Third Kind	Society & Culture	306	WideOrbit	68
43	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	71	Acast	83
44	The Reincarnation Records (The Telepathy Tapes Season 3)	TTT Media	Society & Culture	5	ART19	58
45	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
46	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	54	RedCircle	73
47	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
48	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
49	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
50	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
51	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
52	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
53	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
54	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	277	Acast	69
55	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
56	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
57	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
58	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
59	Falling Tree	Falling Tree	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	63
60	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
61	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
62	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
63	SAS: The Shadow War	The Independent / Aurra Studios	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
64	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
65	The Speaker	KQED	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
66	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
67	The Agent	Imperative Entertainment	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
68	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	99	WideOrbit	68
69	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
70	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
71	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
72	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
73	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	81	Megaphone	62
74	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
75	The Good Trouble Show \| Unidentified Flying Objects & UFO Disclosure	Matt Ford \| UFO & UAP Investigative Journalist	Society & Culture	139	Spreaker	79
76	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
77	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
78	Strangeology	Strangeology Podcast	Society & Culture	100	Spreaker	59
79	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
80	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	52	Omny Studio	48
81	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
82	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
83	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	155	Spotify for Podcasters	52
84	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
85	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
86	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
87	BioHacked: Family Secrets	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	48
88	Call Sign Condor: Latino Soldiers Fighting in Ukraine	DW, LA Times Studios, Futuro Studios	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	68
90	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
91	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
92	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
93	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
94	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
95	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
96	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
97	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
98	Behind The Story Show	Jelani Gonzalez	Society & Culture	71	Buzzsprout	59
99	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	174	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83

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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