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 Dec 2025

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12/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 280

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:42:42

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. SCC Hearings Podcast (2 shows)

5. Taproot Edmonton (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Transistor (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	54	Megaphone	48
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
3	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
5	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
6	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	124	RSS.com	38
7	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
8	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
11	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
12	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	253	Acast	89
13	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
15	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
16	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
17	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	27	Transistor	53
18	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
19	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
20	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
23	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
27	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
28	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
29	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
32	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
33	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
34	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
35	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
36	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
37	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	22
38	Question Time	BBC Sounds	Government	100	BBC	28
39	Sarah Vine's Femail Half-Hour	Mail+	Government	100	Omny Studio	48
40	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	241	Buzzsprout	83
41	Canadian IP voices	The Canadian Intellectual Property Office	Government	46	Simplecast	59
42	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	30	Buzzsprout	32
43	ARC Events Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	ARC Churches	Government	300	N/A	N/A
44	The Cognitive Crucible	Information Professionals Association	Government	249	Libsyn	58
45	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
46	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	38	Transistor	43
47	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
48	NATO Senior Mentors Podcast	NATO C2COE	Government	10	Unknown	21
49	سوريا.. لوين؟	DW	Government	50	Unknown	43
50	RTL archives secrètes, François Mitterrand	RTL	Government	7	Audiomeans	38
51	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
52	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	32	Transistor	78
53	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
54	For the Record with Daniel Fontaine & Paul Minhas	Daniel Fontaine	Government	143	RedCircle	48
55	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
56	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
57	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
58	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (Floor Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	149	Podbean	42
59	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	38
60	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
61	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	180	Buzzsprout	68
62	Space Strategy	Space Pod	Government	63	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
64	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
65	ImmLight of All Circumstances	Lou Janssen Dangzalan & Will Tao	Government	17	RSS.com	52
66	Reimagining Government	Centre for Public Impact	Government	34	Podcast.co	89
67	On Defence and Security	Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)	Government	26	Squarespace	63
68	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
69	The Whistler Podcast	Resort Municipality of Whistler	Government	84	Buzzsprout	48
70	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
71	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
72	Let’s Talk - Lozano Smith Podcast	Lozano Smith	Government	100	Blubrry	42
73	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	16	Unknown	53
74	ACCESSIBLE HORIZONS	Luna Bengio and Nadine Charron	Government	6	Buzzsprout	58
75	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	63	Libsyn	38
76	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	27	Megaphone	48
77	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	108	Buzzsprout	63
78	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	25	Spotify for Podcasters	48
79	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
80	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي Details temporarily unavailable	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Omny Studio	48
81	NSGov Talks	NSGov Talks Podcast	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
82	Intended Consequences	StrategyCorp Institute	Government	122	Libsyn	58
83	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
84	ACB Braille Forum and E-Forum	American Council of the Blind	Government & Organizations	188	Pinecast	43
85	The HaltingWinter Podcast	Seth Winterhalter	Government	358	Libsyn	48
86	To The Point - Cybersecurity	Forcepoint \| Global Cybersecurity Leader \| Security. Simplified.	Government	300	Libsyn	53
87	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
88	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
89	Dialogue Over Division	Eva Chipiuk	Government	49	Spotify for Podcasters	53
90	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
91	Bonjour tout le monde - Le balado du PM	François Legault	Government	12	Unknown	38
92	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
93	The PYD Lab	YouthPower2: Learning and Evaluation	Government	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
94	Wavell Room Podcast	Wavell Room	Government	58	Acast	33
95	The Politics of Policy Analysis	Paul Cairney	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	North Bay Centennial Stories	City of North Bay	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	22
97	Fixing up housing policy - from research to reality	Jim Dunn and Cynthia Belaskie, CHEC - Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative	Government	25	Simplecast	58
98	Capital Stories	National Capital Commission	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	68
99	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
100	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	38

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