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 05 Jun 2026

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06/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 297

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:43:01

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. The Heritage Foundation (2 shows)

5. Mr Abrauna Yakubu (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (8 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	49	Simplecast	79
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	53	Megaphone	48
5	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	124	RSS.com	38
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
7	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
10	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
11	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
12	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
14	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
15	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	921	RSS.com	42
17	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
18	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
19	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
20	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	752	Libsyn	37
21	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
22	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
23	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
24	Welcome Home: An Immigration Law Podcast	Emond Publishing	Government	15	Pinecast	62
25	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
26	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
27	Next City	Straw Hut Media	Government	162	Spreaker	59
28	Urban Planning is Not Boring	Samantha Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata	Government	53	Castos	58
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
30	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
31	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	252	Acast	89
32	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
33	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
34	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
35	Info Matters	Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario	Government	48	Simplecast	83
36	Sous notre toit – Balado sur le logement au Canada	Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement	Government	30	Buzzsprout	38
37	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
38	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	30	Buzzsprout	32
39	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
40	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
41	Protéger ceux qu’on aime, le balado du Curateur public	Curateur public	Government	4	Captivate	59
42	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
43	Découvrez Bibliothèque et Archives Canada	Bibliothèque et Archives Canada	Government & Organizations	99	Blubrry Podcasting	43
44	شیرازه	BBC Persian Radio	Government	76	BBC	33
45	Public Works Podcast	Joseph Blackman	Government	418	Spreaker	32
46	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
47	プチ鹿島赤坂タイムス	TBS RADIO	Government	146	Megaphone	43
48	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
49	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	241	Buzzsprout	83
50	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	215	Megaphone	49
51	Fixing up housing policy - from research to reality	Jim Dunn and Cynthia Belaskie, CHEC - Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative	Government	25	Simplecast	58
53	Betting on America: Winning the Global Tech Race	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	40	Megaphone	38
54	In the Making	Baratunde Thurston, Ashleigh Gardere, Michael McAfee	Government	9	Megaphone	43
55	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
56	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	38	Transistor	43
57	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	300	Libsyn	32
58	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
59	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
60	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
61	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
62	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
63	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	27	Transistor	53
64	On Defence and Security	Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)	Government	26	Squarespace	63
65	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
66	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
67	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
68	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
69	Europe Inside Out	Carnegie Europe	Government	47	Simplecast	73
70	The Supply Chain Ambassador	Mr Abrauna Yakubu	Government	55	RSS.com	47
71	Resilient HERoes	Laura James - Resilient Heroes	Government	33	Buzzsprout	58
72	Forêt en parler	Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts	Government	1	Unknown	53
73	Toronto Centre Podcasts	Toronto Centre	Government	212	CoHost	38
74	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
75	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
76	Perigee	U.S. Space Force	Government & Organizations	18	Unknown	38
77	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
78	The Parliament	The Heritage Foundation	Government	11	Spreaker	59
79	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	36	Megaphone	37
80	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
82	Brigham Young Money	Brigham Young Money	Government	1	Pinecast	59
83	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	32	Simplecast	58
84	Inside P2	Joseph Thornley	Government	19	Libsyn	43
85	The Power Hour	The Heritage Foundation	Government	38	Spreaker	59
86	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	20	Buzzsprout	68
87	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
88	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
89	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
90	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	25	Spotify for Podcasters	48
91	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
92	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
93	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
94	QUARTIER LIBRE	Armée de Terre recrute	Government	37	Podcastics	84
95	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
96	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
97	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
98	Police-Mentors Podcast	rvcz52bouchar	Government	8	Podbean	42
99	Alzheimer's Society Podcast	Alzheimer's Society	Government	103	Soundcloud	32
100	L'ordre du monde	BFM Business	Government	45	Simplecast	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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