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 17 Aug 2025

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08/17/2025

Average data

Episodes: 297

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:41:03

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Transistor (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
4	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	316	Megaphone	63
5	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
6	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	29	Buzzsprout	32
7	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
8	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	247	Acast	89
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	919	RSS.com	42
11	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1982	BBC	43
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
13	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
14	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
15	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	382	Transistor	73
16	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
17	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
18	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
19	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
20	Deftech Podcast	deftech - armasuisse	Government	7	Ausha	79
21	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	457	Megaphone	58
22	The Red Passport	Canadian International Council	News	49	Libsyn	43
23	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
24	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
25	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	Our Path Forward with Calgary Mayoral Candidate Jeromy Farkas	Jeromy Farkas	Government	2	Buzzsprout	32
28	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2747	Megaphone	38
29	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
32	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
33	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
34	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	37	Transistor	43
35	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1958	Megaphone	53
36	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	16	Unknown	53
37	Law Report	ABC Australia	Government	250	ABC Australia	38
38	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
39	Municipal Monday	MNL	Government	13	Spotify for Podcasters	28
40	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
41	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	38
42	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
43	Beyond Data Management Podcast	Cameron Garrison	Government	52	Buzzsprout	27
44	Workers Comp Matters	Legal Talk Network	Government	170	Megaphone	69
45	Hale Institute Podcast	Hale Institute	Government	53	Podbean	42
46	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
47	Conversations with Vanguard Defence	Vanguard Defence	Government	209	Unknown	32
48	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	24	Spotify for Podcasters	48
49	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
50	The Matt Brown Podcast	Matt Brown	Government	42	Simplecast	53
51	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
52	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
54	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
55	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	13	BBC	22
56	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	324	Simplecast	73
57	Dialogue Over Division	Eva Chipiuk	Government	49	Spotify for Podcasters	53
58	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
59	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	437	Megaphone	53
60	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
61	What's Wrong with Democracy?	Tortoise Media	Government	23	Acast	89
62	پوشه \| Pousheh	شنوتو \| Shenoto	Government	12	Unknown	59
63	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
64	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
65	Dans mon temps	CNESST	Government	8	Soundcloud	49
66	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	99	Buzzsprout	73
67	The Cognitive Crucible	Information Professionals Association	Government	249	Libsyn	58
68	Autour du feu	EFPC Apprentissage autochtone	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
69	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
70	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
71	The Reason We’re All Still Here	Jeffrey Lewis	Government	20	Transistor	79
72	OSOT Presents: New OTs on the Block	OSOT	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	58
73	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	21	Buzzsprout	52
74	The Overton Window	Mackinac Center for Public Policy	Government	143	Unknown	38
75	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	258	Acast	69
76	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
77	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	114	Megaphone	43
78	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	577	Podbean	32
79	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
80	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
81	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
82	ACCESSIBLE HORIZONS	Luna Bengio and Nadine Charron	Government	6	Buzzsprout	58
83	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
84	Military Matters	Stars and Stripes	Government	100	Libsyn	38
85	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
86	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
87	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
88	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
89	Real Talk Oshawa	City of Oshawa	Government	16	Podbean	52
90	Sous notre toit – Balado sur le logement au Canada	Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement	Government	29	Buzzsprout	38
91	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
92	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	60	CoHost	78
93	Technologically Speaking	DHS Science and Technology Directorate	Government	67	Podbean	58
94	The New Union Frontier / La nouvelle frontière syndicale	Customs and Immigration Union, Syndicat des Douanes et de l'Immigration	Government	10	Simplecast	58
95	POLITICO Money	POLITICO	Government	105	Megaphone	63
96	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	934	Megaphone	38
97	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
98	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	386	Megaphone	53
99	City of Kingston Podcasts	City of Kingston Communications	Government	100	Libsyn	68
100	Public Sector Podcast	Public Sector Network	Government	100	Libsyn	62

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