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 sept. 2026

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09/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 244

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:39:08

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

2. The Royal United Services Institute (2 shows)

3. MNL (2 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

2. Megaphone (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Podbean (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
3	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	213	Acast	89
4	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
8	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
12	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
14	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
15	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
16	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
18	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
19	Rose City Politics	Rose City Politics	Government & Organizations	411	Spreaker	43
20	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
21	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
22	Law Report	ABC Australia	Government	246	ABC Australia	38
23	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
24	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
25	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
26	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
27	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
28	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
29	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
30	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
31	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
34	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
35	Simply Science	Natural Resources Canada	Government	46	Soundcloud	49
36	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
37	The Minutes	City of Thunder Bay	Government	108	RSS.com	52
38	Public Sector Podcast	Public Sector Network	Government	100	Libsyn	62
39	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
40	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
41	Migration Conversations	Jamie Liew	Government	61	Simplecast	63
42	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
43	Decisions That Matter: A Public Procurement Podcast	Procurated	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	22
44	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
45	Western Way of War	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	78	Libsyn	73
46	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
47	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	29	Simplecast	58
48	Immigration issues	SBS	Government	71	StreamGuys	43
49	Blind Spot	The Association of Blind Citizens	Government & Organizations	2	Unknown	43
50	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
51	Abridged	Town of Bracebridge	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
52	Le balado de l’Armée canadienne	Armée canadienne	Government	74	Transistor	72
53	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	36	Transistor	43
54	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
55	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
56	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
57	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
58	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
59	Dialogue Over Division	Eva Chipiuk	Government	49	Spotify for Podcasters	53
60	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
61	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
62	Building State Capability Podcast	Building State Capability at Harvard University	Government	78	Simplecast	52
63	Women Talking Democracy	Charlotte Yates	Government	7	Transistor	48
64	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
65	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
66	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
67	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
68	Ducimus: The Canadian Infantry Podcast	Ducimus	Government	21	Spotify for Podcasters	42
69	Communism and Socialism Explained	Kairav T.	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
71	The Security Affair	CISES	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
72	Transparency Talks	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Government	11	Buzzsprout	58
73	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
74	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
75	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
76	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
77	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
78	Overheard at the Bush Center	George W. Bush Presidential Center	Government	74	Simplecast	42
79	Les secrets de Donald Trump	RTL	Government	5	Audiomeans	53
80	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
81	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
82	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	This Means War	Peter Roberts	Government	96	Libsyn	58
84	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
85	What's Wrong with Democracy?	Tortoise Media	Government	23	Acast	89
86	Stratford Town Talk	Town of Stratford	Government	66	PodServe.fm	43
87	Town of Saugeen Shores	The Shore Report	Government	8	Soundcloud	43
88	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
89	Municipal Monday	MNL	Government	13	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	Town Talks With the Mayor	Town of Danville	Government	4	Buzzsprout	37
91	Tomorrow Webinars	MNL	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	22
92	Counterpoint: a Town of Plymouth Podcast	Town of Plymouth	Government	4	Libsyn	37
93	Beyond the Beach: The Sarasota County Government Podcast	Sarasota County Government	Government	12	Buzzsprout	47
94	The Sitting Duck: A Town of Duck Podcast	Kay Nickens	Government	14	Podbean	37
95	Spill the Tea - A Town of Edenton Podcast	Town of Edenton	Government	5	Podbean	31
96	Tyngsborough Town Manager's Report	Town of Tyngsborough	Government	61	Spotify for Podcasters	22
97	Town of Avon Indiana - The Podcast	Avon Indiana Government	Government	80	Podbean	31
98	About Town \| Hosted by Town of Cornelius Mayor, Woody Washam	WSIC	Government	87	Transistor	42
99	Town Matters: A Podcast by Brattleboro’s Town Manager	Town of Brattleboro	Government	65	Podbean	41
100	TOWN MANAGER DOWNLOAD	The Town of Shrewsbury and Shrewsbury Media Connection, Inc.	Government	49	Podbean	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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