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 06 Mar 2026

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03/06/2026

Average data

Episodes: 281

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:39:38

Top 5 authors

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

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. The Royal United Services Institute (2 shows)

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

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
6	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
7	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
8	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
9	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	213	Acast	89
10	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
11	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
12	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
15	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
16	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
17	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
18	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	16	Buzzsprout	53
19	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
20	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
21	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
22	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
23	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	15	Unknown	53
24	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
25	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
27	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
28	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
29	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
30	Simply Science	Natural Resources Canada	Government	46	Soundcloud	49
31	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
32	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
33	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
34	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
35	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
36	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
37	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
38	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	121	Libsyn	58
39	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
40	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
41	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
42	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
43	Un président devrait écouter ça	François Hollande	Government	14	Acast	68
44	Truth Time with Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner	KBLA Talk 1580	Government	79	Spreaker	38
45	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
46	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
47	The Convergence - The Army's Mad Scientist Podcast	The Army Mad Scientist Initiative	Government	117	Castos	62
48	Power & Politics	WRGB CBS6, Power And Politics, Tom Eschen	Government	203	Megaphone	64
49	Western Way of War	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	78	Libsyn	73
50	Socialist Rifle Association Podcast	Jesse Elem	Government	49	Simplecast	37
51	Environment Canada Podcasting - Baladodiffusion Environnement Canada Details temporarily unavailable	Environment Canada / Environnement Canada	Government	1	Unknown	22
52	NSPCC Learning Podcast	NSPCC Learning	Government	85	Audioboom	47
53	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
54	Plus que des pieds carrés	Palais des congrès de Montréal	Government	6	Captivate	42
55	Découvrez Bibliothèque et Archives Canada	Bibliothèque et Archives Canada	Government & Organizations	99	Blubrry Podcasting	43
56	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
57	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
58	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
59	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
60	Pervers narcissique : témoignages de victimes de pervers narcissiques	Caroline Mathieu Ph.D.	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
61	Pivotal States	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace	Government	27	Simplecast	68
62	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
63	Le balado de l’Armée canadienne	Armée canadienne	Government	74	Transistor	72
64	Sous notre toit – Balado sur le logement au Canada	Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement	Government	27	Buzzsprout	43
65	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	297	Libsyn	32
66	Clearer Than Truth	Nathan Kiker & George Bogden	Government	74	Buzzsprout	43
67	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
68	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
69	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
70	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
71	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
72	Scope Conditions Podcast	Alan Jacobs and Yang-Yang Zhou	Government	37	Buzzsprout	67
73	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Transistor	53
74	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
75	Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule	Washington Institute	Government	19	Acast	69
76	The Green Ribbon Panel	Green Ribbon Panel	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	43
77	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
78	TOA Talks	Town of Ajax	Government	19	Buzzsprout	68
79	The Leg': Manitoba Politics with Mark Wasyliw	Mark Wasyliw	Government	11	RSS.com	62
80	WPS After Hours	Winnipeg Police Service	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	33
81	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
82	BorgenUdenFilter	Lars Trier Mogensen, Henrik Qvortrup, Podads	Government	84	Simplecast	68
83	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	292	Spreaker	49
84	Digital Government Podcast	e-Governance Academy	Government	178	Buzzsprout	27
85	Rethinking Democracy	Middle East Institute	Government	27	Libsyn	53
86	Inspect and Protect	Canadian Food Inspection Agency	Government	13	Spotify for Podcasters	63
87	Transform Gov - the digital government podcast	Maeve Kneafsey	Government	83	Acast	83
88	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia QP Podcast	Hansard Services	Government	101	Podbean	37
89	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
90	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
91	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
92	The CDR Policy Scoop	Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart	Government	98	Acast	79
93	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
94	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
95	Fully Involved Firefighting	Fully Involved Firefighting	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
97	I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace	Clare Daly, Mick Wallace	Government	244	Simplecast	42
98	Capital Stories	National Capital Commission	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	68
99	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
100	The Politics of Special Forces	The Kingston Consortium on International Security (KCIS)	Government	10	Squarespace	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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