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 14 Sep 2025

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09/14/2025

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Episodes: 284

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:41:26

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 (3 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. SCC Hearings Podcast (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (8 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	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
6	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
7	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	124	RSS.com	38
11	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
12	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	253	Acast	89
13	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
14	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
15	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
17	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
18	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
20	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	38	Transistor	43
21	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
22	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
23	The Bulrush	City of Delta	Government	7	Podbean	58
24	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
25	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	30	Buzzsprout	32
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
30	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
31	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	60	Megaphone	38
32	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
33	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
34	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
35	Jusqu'à la fin	Centre National Fin de Vie Soins Palliatifs Podcasts	Government	17	Ausha	74
36	Stephenville Town Podcast	marileecastillo	Government	26	Podbean	37
37	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
38	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	27	Transistor	53
39	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
40	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
41	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
42	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
43	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
44	Public Spark	Doug Keefe	Government	97	Libsyn	59
45	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
46	Superfund: Case Studies Of Pollution	Superfund Podcast	Government	12	Spotify for Podcasters	42
47	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
48	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
49	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
50	The Con Job	Edmonton Police Service	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	53
51	EU Scream	EU Scream	Government	135	Buzzsprout	68
52	The Real Truth About Alberta's Independence	Jarek Bucholc	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	48
53	IDEAA-nomics (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, Anti-Racism)	Anti-Racism Ambassadors Network Podcast	Government	29	Spotify for Podcasters	28
54	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
55	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
56	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	100	Buzzsprout	73
57	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	22
58	Canadian IP voices	The Canadian Intellectual Property Office	Government	46	Simplecast	59
59	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
60	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
61	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (Floor Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	149	Podbean	42
62	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	125	Libsyn	58
63	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	38
64	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
65	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
66	I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace	Clare Daly, Mick Wallace	Government	249	Simplecast	42
67	Democracy, Explained	Apathy is Boring	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
68	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
69	MuniCast	SUMA	Government	75	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
71	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
72	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
73	For the Record with Daniel Fontaine & Paul Minhas	Daniel Fontaine	Government	143	RedCircle	48
74	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	439	Megaphone	53
75	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
76	Legal Aid NSW Criminal Law Division	Legal Aid NSW	Government	78	Podbean	37
77	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	38
78	The New Union Frontier / La nouvelle frontière syndicale	Customs and Immigration Union, Syndicat des Douanes et de l'Immigration	Government	11	Simplecast	58
79	Intersections: Where Human Rights and Democracy Meet	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	11	Megaphone	53
80	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
81	The Matt Brown Podcast	Matt Brown	Government	42	Simplecast	53
82	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
83	The Democracy Group	The Democracy Group	Government	549	Simplecast	53
84	Modernités Africaines	L'École normale supérieure-PSL	Government	7	Acast	84
85	Ojibwe Stories	unknown_author	Government	20	Unknown	32
86	IMPACT Podcast Series	Mary Ann Brown	Government	76	Buzzsprout	48
87	Europe Inside Out	Carnegie Europe	Government	47	Simplecast	73
88	China in the World	Carnegie China	Government	215	Simplecast	53
89	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	Socialism Details temporarily unavailable	Quiet. Please	Government	1	Spreaker	64
91	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
92	Municipal Monday	MNL	Government	13	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	Understanding Public Policy (in 1000 and 500 words)	Professor Paul Cairney	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	58
94	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
95	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
96	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
97	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
98	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
99	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
100	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52

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