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 08 Mar 2026

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03/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 317

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:40:16

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. Samara Centre For Democracy (2 shows)

4. The Royal United Services Institute (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Libsyn (12 shows)

3. Acast (8 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 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	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
5	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
6	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	213	Acast	89
7	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
8	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
9	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
10	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
11	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
12	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
13	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
14	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
15	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
16	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
18	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
19	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
20	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
23	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
24	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
25	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
26	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
27	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
28	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
29	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
30	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
31	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
32	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
33	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
34	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
35	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
36	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
37	The Matt Brown Podcast	Matt Brown	Government	42	Simplecast	53
38	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	94	Buzzsprout	73
39	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
40	The Choice: Securing the NHS for the Next 75 Years	Treehouse Audio Productions	Government	6	Podbean	42
41	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
42	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
43	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
44	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
45	Civil Action with Brian & Shant	civilaction	Government	98	Podbean	32
46	The Animal Law Podcast	Mariann Sullivan, Law Professor, Pundit, Vegan	Government	135	Blubrry Podcasting	43
47	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
48	The Great Anarchists	crispin sartwell	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
49	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Omny Studio	48
50	The Raisina Podcast	Observer Research Foundation	Government	54	Buzzsprout	62
51	The Raisina Podcast	Observer Research Foundation	Government	54	Spotify for Podcasters	22
52	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
53	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
54	Plus que des pieds carrés	Palais des congrès de Montréal	Government	6	Captivate	42
55	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
56	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
57	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
58	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
59	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
60	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	16	Buzzsprout	53
61	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
62	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	15	Unknown	53
63	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
64	L'ordre du monde	BFM Business	Government	38	Simplecast	38
65	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
66	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
67	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
68	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
69	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
70	Pascal Boniface - Sur Le Toit Du Monde	Pascal Boniface	Government	7	Transistor	53
71	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
72	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
73	Red Lines	BBC Radio Ulster	Government	251	BBC	28
74	Joy FM Top Story	Multimedia Ghana	Government	88	StreamGuys	38
75	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
76	Thinking Inside the Box - The Gauntlet	Fort Irwin Operations Group	Government & Organizations	40	Unknown	42
77	Pensez stratégique	Ministère des Armées	Government	22	Podcastics	53
78	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
79	SPERI Presents...	SPERI	Government	49	Acast	94
80	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
82	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
83	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
84	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	121	Libsyn	58
85	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
86	Intended Consequences	StrategyCorp Institute	Government	117	Libsyn	63
87	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
88	Simply Science	Natural Resources Canada	Government	46	Soundcloud	49
89	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
90	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
91	Info Matters	Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario	Government	47	Simplecast	83
92	Western Way of War	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	78	Libsyn	73
93	Le balado de l’Armée canadienne	Armée canadienne	Government	74	Transistor	72
94	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
95	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
96	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
97	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
98	Un président devrait écouter ça	François Hollande	Government	14	Acast	68
99	Truth Time with Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner	KBLA Talk 1580	Government	79	Spreaker	38
100	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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