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 sept. 2026

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09/09/2026

Average data

Episodes: 290

Frequency: every 32 days

Duration: 00:38:50

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

3. The Royal United Services Institute (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Transistor (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
2	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	214	Acast	89
5	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
6	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
7	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
10	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
11	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
12	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
14	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
15	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
16	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
17	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
18	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	298	Libsyn	32
19	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
20	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
22	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
25	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
26	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
27	Rose City Politics	Rose City Politics	Government & Organizations	411	Spreaker	43
28	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
29	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
30	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
31	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
32	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
33	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
34	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
35	Law Report	ABC Australia	Government	246	ABC Australia	38
36	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
37	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
38	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
39	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
40	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
41	Inherent Rights Informed Voices	Inherent Rights Informed Voices	Government	11	RSS.com	78
42	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
43	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
44	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
45	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
46	Understanding Public Policy (in 1000 and 500 words)	Professor Paul Cairney	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	58
47	Civic Punks	Derek Alton	Government	63	Podbean	42
48	Urban Planning is Not Boring	Samantha Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata	Government	53	Castos	58
49	Public Risk Management	Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA)	Government	301	Soundcloud	43
50	City of Prince George (Small Quicktime)	City of Prince George	Government & Organizations	0	Unknown	28
51	The Mission Ready Podcast	missionreadypodcast	Government	22	Podbean	47
52	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
53	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
54	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
55	Les secrets de Donald Trump	RTL	Government	5	Audiomeans	53
56	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
57	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
58	Info Matters	Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario	Government	47	Simplecast	83
59	Simply Science	Natural Resources Canada	Government	46	Soundcloud	49
60	The Minutes	City of Thunder Bay	Government	108	RSS.com	52
61	Public Sector Podcast	Public Sector Network	Government	100	Libsyn	62
62	Migration Conversations	Jamie Liew	Government	61	Simplecast	63
63	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
64	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
65	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
66	The EMS Lounge	The EMS Lounge	Government	151	Spotify for Podcasters	22
67	Immigration issues	SBS	Government	71	StreamGuys	43
68	Decisions That Matter: A Public Procurement Podcast	Procurated	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	22
69	Live From America with Jeremy Herrell	Jeremy Herrell	Government	2147	RSS.com	32
70	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
71	Western Way of War	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	78	Libsyn	73
72	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
73	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	29	Simplecast	58
74	Blind Spot	The Association of Blind Citizens	Government & Organizations	2	Unknown	43
75	Abridged	Town of Bracebridge	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
76	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
77	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
78	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	36	Transistor	43
79	Building State Capability Podcast	Building State Capability at Harvard University	Government	78	Simplecast	52
80	Le balado de l’Armée canadienne	Armée canadienne	Government	74	Transistor	72
81	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
82	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
83	Ducimus: The Canadian Infantry Podcast	Ducimus	Government	21	Spotify for Podcasters	42
84	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
85	Dialogue Over Division	Eva Chipiuk	Government	49	Spotify for Podcasters	53
86	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
87	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
88	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	148	Unknown	49
89	Communism and Socialism Explained	Kairav T.	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
90	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
91	The Security Affair	CISES	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
92	Transparency Talks	Federal Bureau of Prisons	Government	11	Buzzsprout	58
93	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
94	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
95	Women Talking Democracy	Charlotte Yates	Government	7	Transistor	48
96	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
97	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
98	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
99	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
100	Overheard at the Bush Center	George W. Bush Presidential Center	Government	74	Simplecast	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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