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 Nov 2025

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11/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 287

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:40:55

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (6 shows)

2. Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

3. Institute of Regulation (1 shows)

4. The Royal United Services Institute (1 shows)

5. Sam Lytle (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Libsyn (8 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Acast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	54	Megaphone	48
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	124	RSS.com	38
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
6	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
7	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
10	Cold Wash	Camille McInnis	Government	4	Buzzsprout	73
11	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	253	Acast	89
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
13	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	32	Transistor	78
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
16	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
17	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
18	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
22	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
23	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
24	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
25	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
29	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	73	Zencastr	32
30	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
31	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
32	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
33	Cultivating Civility	Diane Kalen-Sukra	Government	11	Buzzsprout	78
34	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1116	Megaphone	48
35	Brussels, My Love?	Euronews	News	40	Acast	83
36	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
37	The Red Passport	Canadian International Council	News	50	Libsyn	43
38	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
39	Above Average Intelligence	The DSR Network	Government	50	Megaphone	38
40	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
41	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
42	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
43	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
44	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	300	Libsyn	32
45	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
46	La Ingobernable. Un podcast sobre Marca España	microbio & Singular Solving	Government	55	Spotify for Podcasters	47
47	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
48	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
49	Fully Involved Firefighting	Fully Involved Firefighting	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	28
50	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
51	Capital Stories	National Capital Commission	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	68
52	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
53	The Toxic Avengers	Daniel Rosenberg	Government	17	Captivate	73
54	The Public Service Project	Cait Dallaire	Government	65	RSS.com	57
55	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
56	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
57	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
58	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
59	City of Nanaimo Presents: The Sweet Layered Podcast	City of Nanaimo	Government	35	Podbean	41
60	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
61	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
62	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
63	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
64	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
65	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
66	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
67	MW Shares	Municipal World	Government	47	Unknown	43
68	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
69	Big Take, Midterms 2026	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	8	Omny Studio	48
70	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
71	تاریخ تازه‌ها	ار.اف.ای / RFI	Government & Organizations	25	Audiomeans	53
72	Institute of Regulation's Podcast	Institute of Regulation	Government	42	Buzzsprout	27
73	The Stand with Meg Show	Meg	Government	42	Buzzsprout	53
74	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	92	Megaphone	38
75	Voices in Local Government	ICMA	Government	77	Simplecast	52
76	The Growing Point Podcast	thegrowingpointpodcast	Government & Organizations	39	Podbean	37
77	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
78	UN and Organized Crime Podcast	Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime	Government	34	Captivate	72
79	Stalking and Risk	Stalking and Risk	Government	1	Blubrry	64
80	Women Leading Change (Sahel and West Africa Club OECD/SWAC)	Women Leading Change	Government	35	Soundcloud	53
81	L’œil de la République	RTL	Government	13	Audiomeans	64
82	PDU Podcast	PDU Podcast	Government	8	Soundcloud	43
83	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
84	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
85	La Pelote, tirer le fil de l'écologie	Fedia78	Government	11	Vodio	43
86	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
87	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
88	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
89	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
90	The Carbon Removal Scoop	Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart	Government	108	Acast	79
91	The Diplomacy Podcast	Nicholas Kralev	Government	18	Substack	68
92	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	439	Megaphone	53
93	Underground Strategy	Underground Strategy	Government	82	Spotify for Podcasters	69
95	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
96	Future Discontinuous	FALTER and IWM	Government	16	Acast	94
97	Project 2025 Exposed	Clophus	Government	2	Soundcloud	43
98	Let's Talk Winnipeg!	Kevin Klein	Government	79	ART19	69
99	Urban Planning is Not Boring	Samantha Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata	Government	53	Castos	58
100	Abridged	Town of Bracebridge	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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