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 31 Mar 2025

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03/31/2025

Average data

Episodes: 186

Frequency: every 239 days

Duration: 00:46:48

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. CBC (3 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. Audible Original (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (18 shows)

2. Megaphone (16 shows)

3. Omny Studio (10 shows)

4. BBC (10 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	414	Megaphone	63
3	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	946	Simplecast	38
4	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
5	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	162	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	315	Megaphone	42
8	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	29	American Public Media	62
9	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
10	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
11	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
12	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	102	BBC	53
13	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	147	Megaphone	68
14	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
15	The Superhero Complex	iHeartPodcasts and Novel	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	59
16	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	359	ART19	68
17	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	59	PRX	74
18	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	220	Megaphone	38
19	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	95	Libsyn	62
20	Hysterical	Audible Original \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
21	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	168	Acast	69
22	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
23	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	273	Spreaker	69
24	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	445	Megaphone	32
25	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	133	BBC	38
26	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	31	Acast	83
27	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	147	Captivate	38
28	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
29	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	100	WideOrbit	68
30	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
31	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
32	Heaven's Helpline	NZ Herald	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	63
33	The Shrink Next Door	Audible Original \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	5	ART19	63
34	Next Question with Katie Couric	Katie Couric Media	Society & Culture	444	Acast	53
35	Queries	TVO	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	59
36	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	286	Megaphone	43
37	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
38	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	215	Acast	79
39	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	49	Omny Studio	53
40	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	52
41	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	129	Simplecast	53
42	Mike Drop	Mike Ritland	Society & Culture	463	RedCircle	59
43	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
44	COMMONS	CANADALAND	Society & Culture	277	Acast	69
45	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
46	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
47	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
48	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	194	Ximalaya	53
49	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	46	Acast	79
50	Family Lore	Audacy	History	27	WideOrbit	73
51	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
52	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
53	Micro Dix Quatre	www.patreon.com/microdixquatre	Society & Culture	45	Podbean	53
54	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1209	Acast	59
55	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
56	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
57	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	390	Audion	58
58	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
59	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
60	Split Screen: There Goes My Childhood	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	58
61	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	711	Megaphone	53
62	Crackdown	Crackdown Productions	Society & Culture	68	Blubrry	49
63	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
64	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
65	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	358	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	374	Omny Studio	73
67	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	68
68	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
69	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	24	Buzzsprout	42
70	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
71	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
72	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	453	Acast	74
73	Sabotage	Good Luck Media	Society & Culture	11	Megaphone	79
74	Art Bell Back in Time	Art Bell Back in Time	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
75	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
76	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	509	RedCircle	43
77	Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	115	Spotify for Podcasters	42
78	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	413	Buzzsprout	83
79	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
80	Pourquoi tant de haine?	Léa Clermont-Dion	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	63
81	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
82	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	92	Acast	52
83	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
84	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
85	13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble	BBC World Service	History	59	BBC	58
86	搞钱学姐	搞钱学姐	Society & Culture	86	Ximalaya	59
87	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
88	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
89	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
90	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
91	Outlawed	Beverly Gray & Jonas Swartz	Society & Culture	27	Buzzsprout	63
92	Walking Radio	Patrick Corvyn	Society & Culture	6	Substack	59
93	Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	53	Omny Studio	48
94	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
95	Stolen Lives True Crime	Stolen Lives True Crime	Society & Culture	300	Audioboom	58
96	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	69	Captivate	69
97	The Canadian Podcow	Sarah Sache & Andrew Campbell	Society & Culture	44	RSS.com	63
98	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	531	Spreaker	43
99	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
100	Sumud Podcast: Inspired by Palestine	Dr. Ed Hasan	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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