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 03 Aug 2026

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08/03/2026

Average data

Episodes: 287

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 27:22:35

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (5 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

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

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Transistor (8 shows)

3. Acast (7 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	49	Simplecast	79
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	54	Megaphone	48
5	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	38	Megaphone	48
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	253	Acast	89
8	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
9	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
10	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
11	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
12	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
15	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
16	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
17	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
18	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
19	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
20	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
21	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
22	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
23	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
24	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
25	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
26	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
27	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
28	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
29	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
30	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
31	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	25	Spotify for Podcasters	48
32	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
33	Finding Solutions with Dan Albas	Dan Albas MP	Government	36	Substack	38
34	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	22
35	The Convergence - The Army's Mad Scientist Podcast	The Army Mad Scientist Initiative	Government	118	Castos	62
36	Sask Ag Today on GX94	GX94	Government	313	Futuri Media	43
37	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
38	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
39	Ahkameyimok Podcast with Perry Bellegarde	Perry Bellegarde, former National Chief, Assembly of First Nations	Government	74	Blubrry	42
40	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
41	Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government & Organizations	175	Megaphone	43
43	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
44	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
45	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
46	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	17	Unknown	21
47	Toronto Centre Podcasts	Toronto Centre	Government	212	CoHost	38
48	Capital Musings	UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)	Government	109	Captivate	63
49	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
50	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
51	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	16	Unknown	53
52	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
53	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	38	Transistor	43
54	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
55	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
56	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1116	Megaphone	48
57	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	32	Transistor	78
58	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
59	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
60	Inspect and Protect	Canadian Food Inspection Agency	Government	13	Spotify for Podcasters	63
61	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	100	Buzzsprout	73
62	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
63	Conversations with Vanguard Defence	Vanguard Defence	Government	210	Unknown	32
64	Political Thinking with Nick Robinson	BBC Radio 4	News	329	BBC	28
65	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	5	Unknown	52
66	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
67	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
68	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
69	Scholars Strategy Network's No Jargon	The Scholars Strategy Network	Government	326	Libsyn	32
70	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Spotify for Podcasters	33
71	SafeWork NSW Construction SafetyCast	SafeWork NSW	Government	43	Buzzsprout	47
72	Con Men Podcast	Sean Anchondo	Government	81	RSS.com	52
73	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
74	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
75	BRICS Podcast (EN)	TV BRICS	Government	63	mave	38
76	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	30	Buzzsprout	32
77	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
78	Into the Blue	Waterloo Regional Police Service	Government	6	Simplecast	63
79	プチ鹿島赤坂タイムス	TBS RADIO	Government	151	Megaphone	43
80	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
81	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
82	Women Talking Democracy	Charlotte Yates	Government	10	Transistor	48
83	What's Wrong with Democracy?	Tortoise Media	Government	23	Acast	89
84	The Bulrush	City of Delta	Government	7	Podbean	58
85	The Dictators	The Real Truth Not Fake Media	Government	15	Spotify for Podcasters	32
86	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
87	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
88	Politics Weekly	Politics Weekly	Government	154	Spotify for Podcasters	43
89	The Minsk Dialogue Rule	Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations	Government	2	mave	48
90	Peace in a Pod	Peacebuilding Initiative	Government	5	Podomatic	59
91	Dress Shoes You Can Fight In	Dress Shoe Fighter	Government	93	Spreaker	38
92	The Public Philosopher	BBC Radio 4	Government	17	BBC	33
93	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
94	Real Ridge Podcast	City of Maple Ridge	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	52
95	فینسوف	Ahmad Sobhani	Government	25	Acast	63
96	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	439	Megaphone	53
97	Protéger ceux qu’on aime, le balado du Curateur public	Curateur public	Government	4	Captivate	59
98	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
99	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	27	Transistor	53
100	Court Reporter	Hindustan Times - HT Smartcast	Government	17	Megaphone	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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