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 16 Oct 2026

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10/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 263

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:42:04

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. Pascal Boniface (2 shows)

3. SCC Hearings Podcast (2 shows)

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

5. Samara Centre For Democracy (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Transistor (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	46	Simplecast	79
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
6	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	52	Megaphone	48
7	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	246	Acast	89
8	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
9	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
10	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
11	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1981	BBC	43
12	The 7/50 Podcast	The Centre for Constitutional Studies	Government	9	Libsyn	68
13	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	36	Megaphone	48
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	918	RSS.com	42
16	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
17	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
18	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
19	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
20	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	32	Transistor	78
23	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	49	Omny Studio	52
24	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
25	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
26	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	29	Buzzsprout	32
27	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
28	Everyday Reconciliation	Canada 2020	Government	11	Blubrry	73
29	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
30	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	316	Megaphone	63
31	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
32	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
33	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (Floor Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	149	Podbean	42
34	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
35	Generaldebatte – Der Bundeswehr-Podcast	Redaktion der Bundeswehr	Government	3	podcaster.de	27
36	Regulation Matters: a CLEAR conversation	Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation	Government	100	Podbean	58
37	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
38	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
39	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	17	Unknown	21
40	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
41	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
42	Intended Consequences	StrategyCorp Institute	Government	122	Libsyn	58
43	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
44	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
45	Productivity Puzzles	The Productivity Institute	Government	57	Podcast.co	84
46	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	382	Transistor	73
47	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
48	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
49	Oral Arguments from the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals	Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals	Government & Organizations	0	Unknown	28
50	Understanding Public Policy (in 1000 and 500 words)	Professor Paul Cairney	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	58
51	Government Transformed	Global Government Forum	Government	29	Acast	63
52	Real Ridge Podcast	City of Maple Ridge	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	52
53	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
54	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2747	Megaphone	38
55	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
56	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
57	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1111	Megaphone	48
58	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	26	Megaphone	48
59	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	72	Libsyn	63
60	The Local Government Cafe Podcast	Local Gov Cafe	Government	30	Podbean	42
61	Taiwan Salon	Global Taiwan Institute	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	28
62	Fixing up housing policy - from research to reality	Jim Dunn and Cynthia Belaskie, CHEC - Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative	Government	25	Simplecast	58
63	Canadian Government Executive Radio	Canadian Government Executive	Government	165	Libsyn	32
64	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	60	CoHost	78
65	Maamul Wanaag	Somali Public Agenda	Government	82	Buzzsprout	52
66	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
67	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
68	NSPCC Learning Podcast	NSPCC Learning	Government	85	Audioboom	47
69	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	577	Podbean	32
70	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1958	Megaphone	53
71	Conversations with Vanguard Defence	Vanguard Defence	Government	209	Unknown	32
72	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
73	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
74	Women Talking Democracy	Charlotte Yates	Government	10	Transistor	48
75	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
76	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	273	Libsyn	58
77	Public Sector Podcast	Public Sector Network	Government	100	Libsyn	62
78	Pascal Boniface - Sur Le Toit Du Monde	Pascal Boniface	Government	7	Transistor	53
79	Pascal Boniface	Pascal Boniface	Government	64	Transistor	59
80	Pints & Diplomacy	Pints & Diplomacy	Government	64	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	International criminal court with Sam and Matteo	Sam	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	Punto de Fuga - Podcast de Arquitectura	Nuria Heras	Government	23	iVoox	37
83	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
84	Info Matters	Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario	Government	48	Simplecast	83
85	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	13	Omny Studio	63
86	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
87	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
88	Stories of Special Forces Operators	Circle Of Insight Productions	Government	233	Spreaker	43
89	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
90	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
91	The Convergence - The Army's Mad Scientist Podcast	The Army Mad Scientist Initiative	Government	118	Castos	62
92	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	How to get on a Watchlist	Encyclopedia Geopolitica	Government	31	Zencastr	68
94	Экономика на слух	РЭШ	Government	246	mave	89
95	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
96	La Grande Conversation	Terra Nova	Government	17	Ausha	69
97	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
98	The Leg': Manitoba Politics with Mark Wasyliw	Mark Wasyliw	Government	11	RSS.com	62
99	Politics in Question	Julia Azari, Lee Drutman, and James Wallner	Government	183	Simplecast	53
100	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	25	Transistor	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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