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 12 Sep 2025

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09/12/2025

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Episodes: 274

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:37:42

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 shows)

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

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. Correctional Service Canada (1 shows)

5. MNL (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Unknown (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Acast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
4	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
5	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	124	RSS.com	38
6	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
7	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	38	Transistor	43
11	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
13	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
15	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	30	Buzzsprout	32
16	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
17	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
18	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
19	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
20	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
21	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
22	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	253	Acast	89
23	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
24	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
25	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
26	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
27	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
28	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
29	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
30	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
31	MuniCast	SUMA	Government	75	Spotify for Podcasters	38
32	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
33	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
34	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
35	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
36	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	73	Zencastr	32
37	The Matt Brown Podcast	Matt Brown	Government	42	Simplecast	53
38	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	60	Megaphone	38
39	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	38
40	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
41	Intersections: Where Human Rights and Democracy Meet	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	11	Megaphone	53
42	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
43	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
44	Modernités Africaines	L'École normale supérieure-PSL	Government	7	Acast	84
45	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
46	Ojibwe Stories	unknown_author	Government	20	Unknown	32
47	IMPACT Podcast Series	Mary Ann Brown	Government	76	Buzzsprout	48
48	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
49	The New Union Frontier / La nouvelle frontière syndicale	Customs and Immigration Union, Syndicat des Douanes et de l'Immigration	Government	11	Simplecast	58
50	Europe Inside Out	Carnegie Europe	Government	47	Simplecast	73
51	China in the World	Carnegie China	Government	215	Simplecast	53
52	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
53	Socialism Details temporarily unavailable	Quiet. Please	Government	1	Spreaker	64
54	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
55	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
56	Municipal Monday	MNL	Government	13	Spotify for Podcasters	28
57	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
58	Understanding Public Policy (in 1000 and 500 words)	Professor Paul Cairney	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	58
59	Legal Aid NSW Criminal Law Division	Legal Aid NSW	Government	78	Podbean	37
60	For the Record with Daniel Fontaine & Paul Minhas	Daniel Fontaine	Government	143	RedCircle	48
61	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
62	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
63	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
64	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	38
65	Fully Involved Firefighting	Fully Involved Firefighting	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	Creusez le sujet! par Info-Ex	Info-Excavation	Government & Organizations	7	Unknown	58
67	Canadian IP voices	The Canadian Intellectual Property Office	Government	46	Simplecast	59
68	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
69	Beyond The Briefing	Sean Spicer	Government	97	Spreaker	53
70	Sociología Inquieta	Álvaro Soler Martínez	Government	47	iVoox	38
71	Urban Planning is Not Boring	Samantha Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata	Government	53	Castos	58
72	Impôlogie – Le balado officiel de l'Agence du revenu du Canada	Agence du revenu du Canada	Government	16	Unknown	32
73	What's Up, Welland?	City of Welland	Government	178	Buzzsprout	58
74	Global Recon	John Hendricks	Government	192	Spotify for Podcasters	43
75	Jusqu'à la fin	Centre National Fin de Vie Soins Palliatifs Podcasts	Government	17	Ausha	74
76	The After Action Review	Nicholas Guy	Government	30	Transistor	53
77	Chairborne Commandos - Military News, Technology, And Special Operations	Full Metal Jacket Media	Government & Organizations	65	Libsyn	42
78	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
79	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
80	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
81	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
82	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
83	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
84	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	94	Simplecast	52
85	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	27	Transistor	53
86	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
87	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1663	Unknown	43
88	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	11	Simplecast	63
89	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	17	Unknown	21
90	Cultivating Civility	Diane Kalen-Sukra	Government	11	Buzzsprout	78
91	Canada ouvre-toi!	Movela Immigration Services	Government	53	Acast	94
92	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Stratford Town Talk	Town of Stratford	Government	66	PodServe.fm	43
95	Alzheimer's Society Podcast	Alzheimer's Society	Government	103	Soundcloud	32
96	MW Shares	Municipal World	Government	47	Unknown	43
97	Centering Children	Centering Children	Government	4	Blubrry	49
98	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	346	Substack	48
99	Sask Ag Today on GX94	GX94	Government	313	Futuri Media	43
100	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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