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 07 sept. 2025

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09/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 273

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:39:41

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 shows)

2. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

3. The DSR Network (3 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Transistor (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
3	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
4	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
7	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	213	Acast	89
8	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
9	The New Union Frontier / La nouvelle frontière syndicale	Customs and Immigration Union, Syndicat des Douanes et de l'Immigration	Government	8	Simplecast	53
10	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
11	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
12	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
13	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
15	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
16	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
17	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
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	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
21	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
22	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
23	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
25	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
26	Understanding Public Policy (in 1000 and 500 words)	Professor Paul Cairney	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	58
27	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Transistor	53
28	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	313	Simplecast	73
29	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
30	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	15	Unknown	53
31	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
32	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
33	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
34	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
35	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
36	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
37	Box Alarm - Awakening America	Curt Weldon	Government	6	Podbean	42
38	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	94	Buzzsprout	73
39	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	121	Libsyn	58
40	The Red Passport	Canadian International Council	News	46	Libsyn	43
41	The DOT POD	NYSDOT - The DOT POD	Government	49	Spotify for Podcasters	53
42	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
43	The Capitol Forum Podcast	The Capitol Forum	Government	134	ART19	52
44	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
45	Politisk kvarter	NRK	Government	4	Unknown	38
46	Sphere Podcast	Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry	Government	31	Zencastr	22
47	Audio Briefs	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	1465	Megaphone	43
48	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
49	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
50	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
51	Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government & Organizations	175	Megaphone	43
52	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
53	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	36	Transistor	43
54	Intersections: Where Human Rights and Democracy Meet	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	11	Megaphone	53
55	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
56	What's Wrong with Democracy?	Tortoise Media	Government	23	Acast	89
57	شیرازه	BBC Persian Radio	Government	76	BBC	33
58	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
59	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
60	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
61	Fora do Baralho	Rádio Observador	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
62	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
63	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
64	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
65	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
66	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
67	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
68	Municipal Monday	MNL	Government	13	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
70	La historia no contada del proceso de paz	BAPP - Biblioteca Abierta del Proceso de Paz	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	68
71	The Policy Nerd, by UNESCO	UNESCO	Government	38	Ausha	38
72	Навальный Live	Навальный Live	Government & Organizations	2	Soundcloud	59
73	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
74	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
75	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
76	The Minutes	City of Thunder Bay	Government	108	RSS.com	52
77	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
78	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
79	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
80	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
81	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
82	Info Matters	Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario	Government	47	Simplecast	83
83	MuniCast	SUMA	Government	70	Spotify for Podcasters	43
84	Nonprofit SnapCast	Mickey Desai	Government	405	Pinecast	49
85	EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy	EQUALS	Government	101	Acast	73
86	Project 2025 Exposed	Clophus	Government	2	Soundcloud	43
87	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
88	Why is problem solving the mst important leadership quality ?	osama	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
90	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
91	On Defence and Security	Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)	Government	26	Squarespace	63
92	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
93	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	25	Transistor	53
94	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
95	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	297	Libsyn	32
96	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
97	Off the Radar, Special Operations Training Detachment	Burro Team	Government	58	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	The Europol Podcast	Europol	Government	30	Springcast	68
99	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	73
100	Public Sector Podcast	Public Sector Network	Government	100	Libsyn	62

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