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 Dec 2025

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12/06/2025

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Episodes: 268

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:42:57

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. SCC Hearings Podcast (2 shows)

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

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Transistor (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
2	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
3	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	426	RedCircle	58
7	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	47	Omny Studio	69
8	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
9	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
10	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
11	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
12	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
13	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
16	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
17	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
18	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
19	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
20	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
24	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
25	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
26	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
27	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
28	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
29	Sarah Vine's Femail Half-Hour	Mail+	Government	100	Omny Studio	48
30	Question Time	BBC Sounds	Government	94	BBC	33
31	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1918	Megaphone	53
32	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
33	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	36	Transistor	43
34	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
35	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
36	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
37	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
40	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	16	Buzzsprout	53
41	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
42	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
43	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (Floor Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	149	Podbean	42
44	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
45	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
46	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
47	ImmLight of All Circumstances	Lou Janssen Dangzalan & Will Tao	Government	17	RSS.com	52
48	On Defence and Security	Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)	Government	26	Squarespace	63
49	For the Record with Daniel Fontaine & Paul Minhas	Daniel Fontaine	Government	143	RedCircle	48
50	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
51	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
52	Let’s Talk - Lozano Smith Podcast	Lozano Smith	Government	100	Blubrry	42
53	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	15	Unknown	53
54	ACCESSIBLE HORIZONS	Luna Bengio and Nadine Charron	Government	6	Buzzsprout	58
55	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
56	Space Strategy	Space Pod	Government	62	Spotify for Podcasters	43
57	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
58	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
59	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
60	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
61	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Omny Studio	48
62	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
63	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
64	NSGov Talks	NSGov Talks Podcast	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
65	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
66	The HaltingWinter Podcast	Seth Winterhalter	Government	358	Libsyn	48
67	ACB Braille Forum and E-Forum	American Council of the Blind	Government & Organizations	188	Pinecast	43
68	Intended Consequences	StrategyCorp Institute	Government	117	Libsyn	63
69	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	213	Acast	89
70	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
71	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
72	The PYD Lab	YouthPower2: Learning and Evaluation	Government	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
73	Wavell Room Podcast	Wavell Room	Government	58	Acast	33
74	The Politics of Policy Analysis	Paul Cairney	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	North Bay Centennial Stories	City of North Bay	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	22
76	To The Point - Cybersecurity	Forcepoint \| Global Cybersecurity Leader \| Security. Simplified.	Government	300	Libsyn	53
77	Fixing up housing policy - from research to reality	Jim Dunn and Cynthia Belaskie, CHEC - Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative	Government	25	Simplecast	58
78	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
79	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
80	Capital Stories	National Capital Commission	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	68
81	HOP Into Action Podcast Series	Brent Sutton	Government	169	RSS.com	52
82	Voices of Burnaby, with Mayor Mike Hurley	Voices of Burnaby	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	42
83	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
84	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
85	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
86	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
87	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
88	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
89	Bonjour tout le monde - Le balado du PM	François Legault	Government	12	Unknown	38
90	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
91	Democracy, Explained	Apathy is Boring	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
92	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
93	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
94	Crisis Lab	Crisis Lab	Government	65	Kajabi	73
95	Year Zero	Tommy Salmons	Government	100	Libsyn	43
96	راه دیگر	یاشار سلطانی	Government	2	Simplecast	63
97	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Transistor	53
98	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49
99	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
100	GovComms: The Future of Government Communication	contentgroup	Government	362	Acast	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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