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 2026

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07/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 347

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:42:15

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. The DSR Network (4 shows)

3. Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

4. The Lawfare Institute (2 shows)

5. Samara Centre For Democracy (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. BBC (8 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
4	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
5	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
6	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
7	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	213	Acast	89
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
10	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	36	Transistor	43
11	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
12	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
15	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
16	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
18	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
19	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
20	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
21	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
22	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	297	Libsyn	32
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
25	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
29	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
30	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
31	Inherent Rights Informed Voices	Inherent Rights Informed Voices	Government	11	RSS.com	78
32	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
33	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
34	Defence & Security Podcast Network	Momentum Media	Government	911	Libsyn	42
35	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
36	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
37	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
38	Walescast	BBC Radio Wales	Government	101	BBC	28
39	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
40	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
41	The Dark World Of Sex Trafficking	Circle Of Insight Productions	Government	11	Spreaker	43
42	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
43	Urban Planning is Not Boring	Samantha Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata	Government	53	Castos	58
44	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
45	CRDP de Corse - Siti è munumenti di Corsica	CRDP de Corse	Government & Organizations	40	Unknown	33
46	Red Ensign Group	Red Ensign Group	Government	11	Spotify for Podcasters	33
47	Westminster Hour	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	28
48	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
49	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
50	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
51	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
52	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
54	EMS One-Stop	emsonestop	Government	99	Podbean	58
55	Australian Parliament: House of Representatives	DPS Podcasting	Government	233	Podbean	52
56	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
57	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Transistor	53
58	Migration Conversations	Jamie Liew	Government	61	Simplecast	63
59	Betting on America: Winning the Global Tech Race	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	38	Megaphone	38
60	Systems Practice in International Development	Abt Global Britain Podcasts	Government	10	Buzzsprout	38
61	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
62	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
63	Welcome Home: An Immigration Law Podcast	Emond Publishing	Government	15	Pinecast	62
64	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
65	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
66	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	15	Unknown	53
67	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
68	Voices of Burnaby, with Mayor Mike Hurley	Voices of Burnaby	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	42
69	Red Lines	BBC Radio Ulster	Government	251	BBC	28
70	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
71	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
72	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
73	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
74	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
75	Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule	Washington Institute	Government	19	Acast	69
76	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
77	The Politics of Money: An IFSD Podcast	Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD)	Government	13	Transistor	62
78	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
79	Democracy in Question?	Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy	Government	112	Simplecast	83
80	U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Announcements	Oyez	Government & Organizations	79	Unknown	32
81	Regulation Matters: a CLEAR conversation	Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation	Government	100	Podbean	58
82	Edi Rama Podcast	Edi Rama	Government	123	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	Magna Carta: Pro Bono Radio	Windsor Law's Pro Bono Podcast	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	28
84	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
85	Get Outside! (with Wyoming Game and Fish)	Wyoming Game and Fish Department	Government	31	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	52	Spotify for Podcasters	43
87	NC Family's Family Policy Matters	North Carolina Family Policy Council Weekly Podcast	Government	647	Libsyn	38
88	Superfund: Case Studies Of Pollution	Superfund Podcast	Government	12	Spotify for Podcasters	42
89	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
90	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
91	网络键政圈 \| 一网打尽全网时事热点讨论	网络键政圈	Government	303	Ximalaya	43
92	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	16	Buzzsprout	53
93	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
94	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
95	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
96	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
97	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
98	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
99	The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	42
100	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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