Apple Podcast Rankings - Canada - Government

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 01 Jul 2025

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07/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 275

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:38:06

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

2. The DSR Network (2 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Transistor (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
5	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
6	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
7	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
8	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
11	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
12	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
13	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
14	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
15	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
16	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	16	Buzzsprout	53
17	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	15	Unknown	53
18	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
19	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
20	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
21	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
22	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
23	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
25	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
26	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	94	Buzzsprout	73
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	25	Transistor	53
29	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	214	Acast	89
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
31	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
32	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
33	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
35	EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy	EQUALS	Government	101	Acast	73
36	The Red Passport	Canadian International Council	News	46	Libsyn	43
37	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
38	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
39	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
40	The Bulrush	City of Delta	Government	7	Podbean	58
41	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
42	Inspect and Protect	Canadian Food Inspection Agency	Government	13	Spotify for Podcasters	63
43	Communism and Socialism Explained	Kairav T.	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
44	Social Discipline	Social Discipline	Government	54	Soundcloud	43
46	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	295	Acast	48
47	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
48	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
49	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
50	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
51	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	431	Megaphone	53
52	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
53	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
54	Europe Inside Out	Carnegie Europe	Government	45	Simplecast	73
55	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
56	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
57	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
58	NATO Review	Natochannel	Government & Organizations	72	Unknown	49
59	The FORSCOM Frontline	FORSCOM Frontline	Government	85	Spotify for Podcasters	43
60	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
61	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
62	For the Record with Daniel Fontaine & Paul Minhas	Daniel Fontaine	Government	143	RedCircle	48
63	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
64	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
65	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	36	Transistor	43
66	Info Matters	Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario	Government	47	Simplecast	83
67	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
68	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
69	The Last Breath — A Podcast About Death And Dying	Andrew Johnstone	Government & Organizations	26	Unknown	38
70	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
71	Le balado de l’Armée canadienne	Armée canadienne	Government	74	Transistor	72
72	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
73	GFOA	GFOA	Government	111	Spotify for Podcasters	33
74	MW Shares	Municipal World	Government	45	Unknown	43
75	HSDF THE PODCAST	Homeland Security & Defense Forum	Government	111	Buzzsprout	53
76	Run For Something	Amanda Litman	Government	66	Libsyn	79
77	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
78	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
79	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	121	Libsyn	58
80	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
81	内部视角看中国	杜文	Government	11	Firstory	53
82	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
83	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
84	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
85	The Reason We’re All Still Here	Jeffrey Lewis	Government	20	Transistor	79
86	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
87	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
88	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
89	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
90	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
91	After Trump	Lawfare & Goat Rodeo	Government	9	Acast	59
92	AFFI Podcast	AFFI Podcast	Government	37	Soundcloud	38
93	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
94	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
95	F45: We hate Donald Trump and so should you. Amateur politics chat.	Bryan and Tim	Government	5	Blubrry Podcasting	43
96	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
97	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
98	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
99	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
100	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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