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 13 May 2026

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05/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 285

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:41:40

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

4. Pushkin Industries (1 shows)

5. ACCESS:VFX (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (13 shows)

2. Transistor (8 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
5	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
6	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
12	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	214	Acast	89
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
14	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
15	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
16	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
17	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
18	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
19	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
20	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
21	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	36	Transistor	43
22	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
23	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
25	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
26	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
27	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
29	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
30	Info Matters	Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario	Government	47	Simplecast	83
31	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
32	Real Ridge Podcast	City of Maple Ridge	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	52
33	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
34	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
35	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	94	Buzzsprout	73
36	Fully Involved Firefighting	Fully Involved Firefighting	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	28
37	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
38	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
39	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
40	Regulation Matters: a CLEAR conversation	Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation	Government	100	Podbean	58
42	Plus que des pieds carrés	Palais des congrès de Montréal	Government	6	Captivate	42
43	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
44	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
45	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	59	CoHost	78
46	Le Balado MUNIcipal	Espace MUNI	Government & Organizations	6	Unknown	73
47	Truth Time with Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner	KBLA Talk 1580	Government	79	Spreaker	38
48	NATO Review	Natochannel	Government & Organizations	72	Unknown	49
49	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
50	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
51	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
52	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
53	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
54	Sask Ag Today on GX94	GX94	Government	313	Futuri Media	43
55	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
56	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
57	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
58	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
59	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
60	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
61	Taiwan Frontlines: Taiwan in the Global Arena	The German Marshall Fund	Government	6	Simplecast	53
62	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
63	Sous notre toit – Balado sur le logement au Canada	Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement	Government	27	Buzzsprout	43
64	In The Tank	The Heartland Institute	Government	193	Transistor	63
65	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
66	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
67	Les 2 pieds dans le ruisseau.	Martin Zibeau et Mathieu Harton	Government & Organizations	79	Unknown	38
68	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
69	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
70	Les premiers seize pour cent	Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada	Government	40	Transistor	42
71	Right of Reply - QIAA - Queen's University	rightofreply	Government	35	Podomatic	49
72	Raconte-moi une Opex	Audio Pictura	Government	13	Ausha	89
73	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	16	Buzzsprout	53
74	Defcast	Ministère des Armées	Government	50	Podcastics	73
75	Oxford Policy Pod	Students at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University	Government	146	Captivate	79
76	56: A Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Podcast	Pinellas County Sheriff's Office	Government	31	RSS.com	47
77	The Access:VFX Podcast	ACCESS:VFX	Government	107	Soundcloud	38
78	Taiwan Salon	Global Taiwan Institute	Government	33	Spotify for Podcasters	28
79	Gangstalking Chronicles	Gangstalking Chronicles	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	33
80	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
81	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
82	Urban Planning is Not Boring	Samantha Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata	Government	53	Castos	58
83	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
84	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	121	Libsyn	58
85	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
86	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
87	Pervers narcissique : témoignages de victimes de pervers narcissiques	Caroline Mathieu Ph.D.	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
88	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	15	Unknown	53
89	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
90	Canadian IP voices	The Canadian Intellectual Property Office	Government	44	Simplecast	59
92	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
93	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
94	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Simplecast	68
95	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
96	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
97	Pulso Geopolítico	Radio Intereconomía	Government	484	iVoox	49
98	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
99	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
100	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78

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