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 09 Sep 2025

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09/09/2025

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Episodes: 286

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:38:59

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

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

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Acast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
3	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	124	RSS.com	38
4	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
6	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
9	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	253	Acast	89
10	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
12	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
13	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
14	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	38	Transistor	43
15	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
16	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
17	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
18	Understanding Public Policy (in 1000 and 500 words)	Professor Paul Cairney	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	58
19	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	94	Simplecast	52
20	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
21	The New Union Frontier / La nouvelle frontière syndicale	Customs and Immigration Union, Syndicat des Douanes et de l'Immigration	Government	11	Simplecast	58
22	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	30	Buzzsprout	32
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
24	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
25	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
26	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
27	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
28	Municipal Monday	MNL	Government	13	Spotify for Podcasters	28
29	内部视角看中国	杜文	Government	11	Firstory	53
30	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
31	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
32	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	73	Zencastr	32
33	The Penta Podcast Channel	Penta	News	456	Buzzsprout	27
34	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
36	Oxford Policy Pod	Students at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University	Government	149	Captivate	79
37	Intended Consequences	StrategyCorp Institute	Government	122	Libsyn	58
38	AFERM Risk Chats	Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management	Government	83	Soundcloud	49
39	DHS&EM Get Ready Alaska Podcast	Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management	Government	44	Podbean	31
40	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	22
41	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
42	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	27	Transistor	53
43	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
44	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
45	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	32	Transistor	78
46	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	100	Buzzsprout	73
47	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
48	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
49	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
50	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
51	RTL archives secrètes, François Mitterrand	RTL	Government	7	Audiomeans	38
52	The Maintainer Podcast	Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC)	Government & Organizations	8	Unknown	38
53	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
54	پوشه \| Pousheh	شنوتو \| Shenoto	Government	12	Unknown	59
55	Zohran Mamdani - Biography Flash	Liquid Studios	Government	156	Megaphone	63
56	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
57	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	26	Simplecast	58
58	Keluar Sekejap	Khairy Jamaluddin dan Shahril Hamdan	Government	267	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	346	Substack	48
60	Work with Purpose: A podcast about the Australian Public Sector	contentgroup	Government	184	Acast	73
61	Unidad para las Víctimas	Unidad Víctimas	Government	268	Spotify for Podcasters	43
62	Generation Green New Deal	Tikkun Olam Productions	Government	30	Simplecast	58
63	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
64	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
65	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Spotify for Podcasters	33
66	The Red Passport	Canadian International Council	News	50	Libsyn	43
67	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
68	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	16	Unknown	53
69	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
70	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
71	Off the Radar, Special Operations Training Detachment	Burro Team	Government	58	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
73	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
74	For the Record with Daniel Fontaine & Paul Minhas	Daniel Fontaine	Government	143	RedCircle	48
75	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
76	Box Alarm - Awakening America	Curt Weldon	Government	6	Podbean	42
77	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	125	Libsyn	58
78	Ducimus: The Canadian Infantry Podcast	Ducimus	Government	21	Spotify for Podcasters	42
79	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
80	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	216	Megaphone	49
81	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1663	Unknown	43
82	The DOT POD	NYSDOT - The DOT POD	Government	49	Spotify for Podcasters	53
83	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
84	The Capitol Forum	The Capitol Forum	Government	161	PRX	53
85	Politisk kvarter	NRK	Government	4	Unknown	38
86	Sphere Podcast	Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry	Government	31	Zencastr	22
87	Audio Briefs	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	1465	Megaphone	43
88	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
89	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
90	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
91	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	38
92	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
93	Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government & Organizations	175	Megaphone	43
94	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
95	شیرازه	BBC Persian Radio	Government	76	BBC	33
96	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
97	Intersections: Where Human Rights and Democracy Meet	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	11	Megaphone	53
98	What's Wrong with Democracy?	Tortoise Media	Government	23	Acast	89
99	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
100	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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