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 Sep 2026

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09/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 294

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:38:20

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

4. Circle Of Insight Productions (2 shows)

5. Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. Transistor (10 shows)

3. Unknown (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	214	Acast	89
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
8	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
9	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
10	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
11	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
13	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
14	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
15	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
17	Rose City Politics	Rose City Politics	Government & Organizations	411	Spreaker	43
18	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
19	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
20	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
21	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
22	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
23	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
26	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
27	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
28	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
29	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	121	Libsyn	58
30	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
31	Une personne sur cinq : parlons santé mentale avec Florence K - Gouvernement du Québec	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	6	Unknown	58
32	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
33	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
34	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Transistor	53
35	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
36	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
37	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
38	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	15	Unknown	53
39	What Has Government Done to Our Money?	Murray N. Rothbard	Government	7	Unknown	48
40	Migration Conversations	Jamie Liew	Government	61	Simplecast	63
41	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
42	Info Matters	Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario	Government	47	Simplecast	83
43	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
44	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
45	Simply Science	Natural Resources Canada	Government	46	Soundcloud	49
46	Les secrets de Donald Trump	RTL	Government	5	Audiomeans	53
47	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
48	Situational Awareness Tactics	Circle Of Insight Productions	Government	537	Spreaker	38
49	The Convergence - The Army's Mad Scientist Podcast	The Army Mad Scientist Initiative	Government	117	Castos	62
50	Truth, Trust and Democracy	Michelle Ainsworth	Government	8	Acast	63
51	Modernités Africaines	L'École normale supérieure-PSL	Government	7	Acast	84
52	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
53	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
54	Rethinking Democracy	Middle East Institute	Government	27	Libsyn	53
55	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
56	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
57	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
58	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	36	Transistor	43
59	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
60	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
61	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
62	Canadian IP voices	The Canadian Intellectual Property Office	Government	44	Simplecast	59
63	"Project 2025 Read by Douglas Wayne Ricketts"	Douglas Ricketts	Government	33	RSS.com	47
64	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
65	Oxford Policy Pod	Students at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University	Government	146	Captivate	79
66	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
67	Fully Involved Firefighting	Fully Involved Firefighting	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	28
68	London Matters	Josh Morgan	Government	11	Podbean	63
69	The Contracting Experience	Air Force Materiel Command	Government & Organizations	77	Unknown	42
70	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
71	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
72	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
73	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
74	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
75	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
76	Conversations with Vanguard Defence	Vanguard Defence	Government	204	Unknown	32
77	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
78	The Politics of Money: An IFSD Podcast	Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD)	Government	13	Transistor	62
79	NATO C2COE	NATO C2COE	Government	6	Unknown	43
80	Finding Solutions with Dan Albas	Dan Albas MP	Government	28	Substack	38
81	Command and Control	Peter Roberts	Government	49	Libsyn	73
82	Oral Arguments from the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals	Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals	Government & Organizations	0	Unknown	28
83	Spirit Force	THE SPIRIT FORCE EXPERIENCE	Government	1000	Spreaker	54
84	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
86	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	106	Megaphone	59
87	Chatting with the Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia	Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia	Government	5	Omny Studio	63
88	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
89	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
90	Stories of Special Forces Operators	Circle Of Insight Productions	Government	219	Spreaker	43
91	Everyday Reconciliation	Canada 2020	Government	11	Blubrry	73
92	The Con Job	Edmonton Police Service	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	53
93	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
94	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
95	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
96	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
97	AEI Podcast Channel	American Enterprise Institute	Government	109	Captivate	38
98	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
99	The Beef Edge	Teagasc	Government	365	Transistor	73
100	Women Talking Democracy	Charlotte Yates	Government	7	Transistor	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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