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 11 Nov 2025

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11/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 292

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:41:22

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (6 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. ICMA (1 shows)

4. SCOTUS Oral Arguments (1 shows)

5. Politico (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Podbean (9 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	55	Megaphone	48
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
3	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	125	RSS.com	38
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	258	Acast	89
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Cold Wash	Camille McInnis	Government	4	Buzzsprout	73
9	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
10	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	33	Transistor	78
11	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
12	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
13	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
14	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
15	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
16	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
18	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
19	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
20	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
21	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
22	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
23	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
24	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
25	Above Average Intelligence	The DSR Network	Government	50	Megaphone	38
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
30	Capital Stories	National Capital Commission	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	68
31	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
33	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
34	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
35	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
36	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
37	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	33	Unknown	59
38	City of Nanaimo Presents: The Sweet Layered Podcast	City of Nanaimo	Government	35	Podbean	41
39	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
40	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
41	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
42	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
43	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1976	Megaphone	53
44	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	73	Zencastr	32
45	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
46	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
47	MW Shares	Municipal World	Government	47	Unknown	43
48	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
49	The Stand with Meg Show	Meg	Government	42	Buzzsprout	53
50	Big Take, Midterms 2026	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	12	Omny Studio	48
51	Institute of Regulation's Podcast	Institute of Regulation	Government	42	Buzzsprout	27
52	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	93	Megaphone	38
53	تاریخ تازه‌ها	ار.اف.ای / RFI	Government & Organizations	25	Audiomeans	53
54	Voices in Local Government	ICMA	Government	77	Simplecast	52
55	The Growing Point Podcast	thegrowingpointpodcast	Government & Organizations	39	Podbean	37
56	We Make Civil Engineering Look Good \| Working to Make Transportation and other Civil Engineer Projects Better through Outreach, 3D Visualization and More!	Sam Lytle	Government	95	Libsyn	38
57	UN and Organized Crime Podcast	Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime	Government	34	Captivate	72
58	Stalking and Risk	Stalking and Risk	Government	1	Blubrry	64
59	Women Leading Change (Sahel and West Africa Club OECD/SWAC)	Women Leading Change	Government	35	Soundcloud	53
60	L’œil de la République	RTL	Government	13	Audiomeans	64
61	PDU Podcast	PDU Podcast	Government	8	Soundcloud	43
62	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
63	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	154	Podbean	37
64	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
65	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
66	La Pelote, tirer le fil de l'écologie	Fedia78	Government	12	Vodio	43
67	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
68	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
69	The Carbon Removal Scoop	Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart	Government	110	Acast	79
70	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
71	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
72	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	440	Megaphone	53
73	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2774	Megaphone	38
75	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
76	Project 2025 Exposed	Clophus	Government	2	Soundcloud	43
77	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
78	Let's Talk Winnipeg!	Kevin Klein	Government	79	ART19	69
79	Urban Planning is Not Boring	Samantha Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata	Government	53	Castos	58
80	Abridged	Town of Bracebridge	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
81	Fixing up housing policy - from research to reality	Jim Dunn and Cynthia Belaskie, CHEC - Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative	Government	25	Simplecast	58
82	The Diplomacy Podcast	Nicholas Kralev	Government	18	Substack	68
83	Underground Strategy	Underground Strategy	Government	82	Spotify for Podcasters	69
84	ABC-Québec	ABC-Québec	Government & Organizations	13	Podbean	38
85	Hindsight	The Army Foundry Platform	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	33
86	I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace	Clare Daly, Mick Wallace	Government	253	Simplecast	42
87	Future Discontinuous	FALTER and IWM	Government	16	Acast	94
88	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	180	Buzzsprout	68
89	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	13	BBC	22
90	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
91	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
92	Brussels, My Love?	Euronews	News	40	Acast	83
93	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
94	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	38
95	The Red Passport	Canadian International Council	News	50	Libsyn	43
96	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
97	Former Action Guys Podcast	Justin Cramer	Government	294	Spreaker	49
98	Hidden History Happy Hour with Alex & Bryan	Alex & Bryan	Government	74	Blubrry	68
99	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia QP Podcast	Hansard Services	Government	101	Podbean	37
100	TwinTalk Politics	Jerry and Jason Song	Government	46	Spotify for Podcasters	48

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