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 Nov 2025

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11/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 284

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:40:30

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. Samara Centre For Democracy (2 shows)

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Podcast Network | Cumulus Media Washington (1 shows)

5. Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
3	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
4	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
8	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	214	Acast	89
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
12	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
15	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
16	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
18	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
19	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
22	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
23	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
25	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
26	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
27	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
28	The Red Passport	Canadian International Council	News	46	Libsyn	43
29	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
30	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
31	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
32	Dialogue Over Division	Eva Chipiuk	Government	49	Spotify for Podcasters	53
33	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
34	Civic Punks	Derek Alton	Government	63	Podbean	42
35	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
36	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
37	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
38	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
39	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
40	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
41	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
42	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
43	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
44	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
45	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
46	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
47	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
48	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
49	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
50	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
51	Welcome Home: An Immigration Law Podcast	Emond Publishing	Government	15	Pinecast	62
52	The 311 Podcast	The 311 Podcast for Northern	Government	21	Buzzsprout	68
53	EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy	EQUALS	Government	101	Acast	73
54	Biosecurity: Changing the Game	The Pandemic Center, Brown University School of Public Health	Government	20	Captivate	48
55	Public Sector Podcast	Public Sector Network	Government	100	Libsyn	62
56	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
57	The 311 Podcast	The 311 Podcast	Government	21	Buzzsprout	62
58	Before, During & After	Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)	Government & Organizations	104	Unknown	43
59	Canadian Government Executive Radio	Canadian Government Executive	Government	157	Libsyn	38
60	China in the World	Carnegie China	Government	215	Simplecast	53
61	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
62	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
63	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
64	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
65	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
66	Mael Time With Daniel Mael	Daniel Mael	Government	180	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
68	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
69	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
70	Question Time	BBC Sounds	Government	94	BBC	33
71	The Emergency Management Network Podcast	Todd T. De Voe	Government	412	Substack	42
72	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
73	國防在線急	相振為＆FMTaiwan製作團隊	Government	21	SoundOn	69
75	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
76	See You In Court	seeyouincourt	Government	100	Podbean	48
77	unikkaat / unipkaat ungipaghat / nallunairutet Circumpolar Waves	Inuit Circumpolar Council	Government	39	Buzzsprout	68
78	In the Chair	The Governance Forum, Institute of Public Administration	Government	6	Megaphone	59
79	DHS&EM Get Ready Alaska Podcast	Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management	Government	42	Podbean	37
80	HSEMA Off the Record	DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency	Government	19	Acast	49
81	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
82	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
83	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	298	Libsyn	32
84	شیرازه	BBC Persian Radio	Government	76	BBC	33
85	The Leg': Manitoba Politics with Mark Wasyliw	Mark Wasyliw	Government	11	RSS.com	62
86	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
87	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	59	CoHost	78
88	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
89	For the Record with Daniel Fontaine & Paul Minhas	Daniel Fontaine	Government	143	RedCircle	48
90	Your Region Pod	Region of Waterloo	Government	28	Buzzsprout	73
91	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
92	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
93	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	121	Libsyn	58
94	MW Shares	Municipal World	Government	45	Unknown	43
95	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
96	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Buzzsprout	63
97	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
98	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
99	Into the Blue	Waterloo Regional Police Service	Government	6	Simplecast	63
100	The Business of Government Hour	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	430	Megaphone	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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