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 Dec 2025

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12/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 275

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:40:40

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

3. Bloomberg (1 shows)

4. BBC World Service (1 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
2	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
3	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
4	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
5	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
7	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
8	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
9	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	213	Acast	89
10	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
11	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
12	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
13	Capital Stories	National Capital Commission	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	68
14	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
17	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
18	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	16	Buzzsprout	53
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
20	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
21	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
22	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
23	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
24	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
28	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
29	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
30	Parliament Matters	Hansard Society	Government	159	Acast	89
31	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
32	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
33	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
34	Voices of Burnaby, with Mayor Mike Hurley	Voices of Burnaby	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	42
35	HOP Into Action Podcast Series	Brent Sutton	Government	169	RSS.com	52
36	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	121	Libsyn	58
37	Cold Wash	Camille McInnis	Government	4	Buzzsprout	73
38	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
39	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
40	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	94	Buzzsprout	73
41	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
42	Question Time	BBC Sounds	Government	94	BBC	33
43	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
44	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
45	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	431	Megaphone	53
46	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	313	Simplecast	73
47	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	237	Buzzsprout	83
48	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
49	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
50	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	297	Libsyn	32
51	Sources diplomatiques	France Diplomatie	Government	55	Podcastics	69
52	中国智慧：十八大以来中国外交	多云下的蛋	Government	83	Ximalaya	43
53	Canada ouvre-toi!	Movela Immigration Services	Government	53	Acast	94
54	Are You Kidding Me?	AEI Podcasts	Government	118	Captivate	43
55	Pew Research Center	Pew Research Center	News & Politics	13	Feedburner	28
56	Conspiracies Unlocked	Jenna and Heather	Government	145	RSS.com	48
57	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
58	The Secret Life Of Cookies	The DSR Network	Government	103	Megaphone	49
59	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
60	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
61	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
62	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
63	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
64	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
65	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
66	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	36	Transistor	43
67	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
68	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
69	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
70	Down the Local	Talk	Government	27	Acast	64
71	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
72	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
73	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt - podcast by Davidhorn Details temporarily unavailable	Davidhorn	Government	25	RSS.com	62
74	Canusa Street - Intersecting the Canada U.S. Relationship	Wilson Center	Government	102	Libsyn	48
75	The HaltingWinter Podcast	Seth Winterhalter	Government	358	Libsyn	48
76	For the Record with Daniel Fontaine & Paul Minhas	Daniel Fontaine	Government	143	RedCircle	48
77	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
78	On Defence and Security	Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)	Government	26	Squarespace	63
79	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	295	Acast	48
80	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
81	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
82	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
83	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
84	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
85	NSGov Talks	NSGov Talks Podcast	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
86	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
87	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Omny Studio	48
88	OttaVoix	Ville d'Ottawa	Government	12	Buzzsprout	53
89	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
90	Welcome Home: An Immigration Law Podcast	Emond Publishing	Government	15	Pinecast	62
91	POLITICO Money	POLITICO	Government	105	Megaphone	63
92	A Hard Look	Administrative Law Review	Government	56	Spotify for Podcasters	53
93	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
94	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59
95	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	59	CoHost	78
96	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
97	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
98	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
99	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
100	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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