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 04 sept. 2025

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09/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 286

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:36:34

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (2 shows)

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

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Justin Kempf (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (8 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	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	214	Acast	89
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
9	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
10	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
12	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
13	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
14	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
15	The New Union Frontier / La nouvelle frontière syndicale	Customs and Immigration Union, Syndicat des Douanes et de l'Immigration	Government	8	Simplecast	53
16	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
17	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
19	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
20	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
23	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	15	Unknown	53
24	EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy	EQUALS	Government	101	Acast	73
25	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
26	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
28	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
29	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
30	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
31	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	298	Libsyn	32
32	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
33	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
34	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
35	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	25	Transistor	53
36	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
37	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
38	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	73
39	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
40	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
41	On Defence and Security	Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)	Government	26	Squarespace	63
42	Public Sector Podcast	Public Sector Network	Government	100	Libsyn	62
43	Off the Radar, Special Operations Training Detachment	Burro Team	Government	58	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	The Effectiveness of Equine Therapy	Jordan Gourville	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
45	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
46	The Europol Podcast	Europol	Government	30	Springcast	68
47	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
48	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
49	The Red Passport	Canadian International Council	News	46	Libsyn	43
50	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
51	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
52	شیرازه	BBC Persian Radio	Government	76	BBC	33
53	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	237	Buzzsprout	83
54	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
55	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
56	City of Kingston Podcasts	City of Kingston Communications	Government	100	Libsyn	68
57	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	16	Buzzsprout	53
58	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
59	The Local Government Cafe Podcast	Local Gov Cafe	Government	30	Podbean	42
60	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
61	Cultivating Civility	Diane Kalen-Sukra	Government	11	Buzzsprout	78
62	Migration Conversations	Jamie Liew	Government	61	Simplecast	63
63	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
64	AdvoKit	Dr. Tristin Engels	Government	8	RSS.com	48
65	Côtes à côtes - Balado de la Ville de Sherbrooke	Côtes à côtes - Balado de la Ville de Sherbrooke	Government	7	Soundcloud	59
66	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
67	Hidden Figures: of Women, by Women, for Women	Amari Huang	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	پوشه \| Pousheh	شنوتو \| Shenoto	Government	12	Unknown	59
69	Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)	Attorney RJ Dieken, Loki Esq Law, Montana	Government	579	Buzzsprout	58
70	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
71	Grattan Institute	Grattan Institute	Government	325	Soundcloud	43
72	The Con Job	Edmonton Police Service	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	53
73	Intersections: Where Human Rights and Democracy Meet	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	11	Megaphone	53
74	Box Alarm - Awakening America	Curt Weldon	Government	6	Podbean	42
75	The Penta Podcast Channel	Penta	News	456	Buzzsprout	27
76	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
77	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
78	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
79	Mael Time With Daniel Mael	Daniel Mael	Government	180	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	The Matt Brown Podcast	Matt Brown	Government	42	Simplecast	53
81	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
82	Urban Exchange: Cities on the Frontlines	urbanexchange	Government	34	Podbean	68
83	NATO’s Road to Madrid	Center for Strategic and International Studies \| CSIS	Government	13	Megaphone	54
84	Sous notre toit – Balado sur le logement au Canada	Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement	Government	27	Buzzsprout	43
85	杂讯	杂讯杂讯	Government	181	Spotify for Podcasters	43
86	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
87	Understanding Public Policy (in 1000 and 500 words)	Professor Paul Cairney	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	58
88	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
89	NATO Review	Natochannel	Government & Organizations	72	Unknown	49
90	RTL archives secrètes, François Mitterrand	RTL	Government	7	Audiomeans	43
91	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
92	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
93	KNOW YOUR CITY	LURN	Government	5	Soundcloud	54
94	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
95	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	431	Megaphone	53
96	House of Lords Podcast: Lord Speaker's Corner	House of Lords	Government	58	Acast	83
97	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	121	Libsyn	58
98	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
99	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
100	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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