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 Dec 2025

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12/16/2025

Average data

Episodes: 295

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:40:27

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

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

4. Peter Roberts (1 shows)

5. Clare Daly, Mick Wallace (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Unknown (10 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	38	Transistor	43
3	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	54	Megaphone	48
4	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	124	RSS.com	38
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
9	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
10	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
11	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	253	Acast	89
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
13	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
16	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
17	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
18	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	30	Buzzsprout	32
19	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
21	Capital Stories	National Capital Commission	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	68
22	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
23	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
26	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
27	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
28	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
29	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
30	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	125	Libsyn	58
31	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
33	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
34	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
35	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
36	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
37	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
38	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
39	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
40	Alzheimer's Society Podcast	Alzheimer's Society	Government	103	Soundcloud	32
41	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	439	Megaphone	53
42	سوريا.. لوين؟	DW	Government	50	Unknown	43
43	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
44	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
45	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
46	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	65	Simplecast	58
47	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
48	City of Toronto Podcasts	Strategic Communications Division	Government & Organizations	1	Unknown	43
49	NCSEA On Location	NCSEA	Government	233	Spotify for Podcasters	53
50	The Scoop with Avi & Ginger: The official podcast of the City of Nelson	City of Nelson, BC	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	42
51	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
52	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
53	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
54	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Spotify for Podcasters	33
55	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
56	Voices of Burnaby, with Mayor Mike Hurley	Voices of Burnaby	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	42
57	Lord Speaker's Corner	House of Lords	Government	59	Acast	94
58	Le balado de l’Armée canadienne	Armée canadienne	Government	75	Transistor	72
59	[Pod]casting in Cold Lake	City of Cold Lake	Government	31	Podbean	42
60	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
61	The Matt Brown Podcast	Matt Brown	Government	42	Simplecast	53
62	Coffee Break with Police Experts	Police Podcasts	Government	11	Spotify for Podcasters	28
63	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
64	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
65	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
66	Impôlogie – Le balado officiel de l'Agence du revenu du Canada	Agence du revenu du Canada	Government	16	Unknown	32
67	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
68	Command and Control	Peter Roberts	Government	50	Libsyn	73
69	Dads & Daughters Talk!	Sharice Taylor	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	33
70	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
71	Dialogue Over Division	Eva Chipiuk	Government	49	Spotify for Podcasters	53
72	Fully Involved Firefighting	Fully Involved Firefighting	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
74	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
75	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	17	Unknown	21
76	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
77	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
78	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	27	Transistor	53
79	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
81	Экономика на слух	РЭШ	Government	247	mave	89
82	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	22
83	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	300	Libsyn	32
84	The Campaign Strategist	Pete Altman	Government	22	Buzzsprout	83
85	Police-Mentors Podcast	rvcz52bouchar	Government	8	Podbean	42
86	The Local Government Cafe Podcast	Local Gov Cafe	Government	30	Podbean	42
87	In Our Defence	India Today Podcasts	Government	196	Spreaker	49
88	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	57	Megaphone	38
89	Somalia Podcast	Julian BM	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
91	NATO Review	Natochannel	Government & Organizations	72	Unknown	49
92	This Does Not Compute	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	79	Megaphone	43
93	Government Policy Unpacked	Rupesh Patel	Government	14	Castos	63
94	The Senior Health Medicare Show	Cumulus Media Detroit	Government	3	Simplecast	48
95	MW Shares	Municipal World	Government	47	Unknown	43
96	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
97	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
98	I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace	Clare Daly, Mick Wallace	Government	249	Simplecast	42
99	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
100	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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