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 18 Nov 2025

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11/18/2025

Average data

Episodes: 290

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:41:47

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. The DSR 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 (14 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	54	Megaphone	48
3	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	124	RSS.com	38
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
7	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
8	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
11	Cold Wash	Camille McInnis	Government	4	Buzzsprout	73
12	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
13	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	253	Acast	89
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
16	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
17	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
19	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
20	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
21	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
22	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
23	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	22
24	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
25	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	38	Transistor	43
28	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
29	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
30	Democracy, Explained	Apathy is Boring	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
31	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
32	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
34	Canadian IP voices	The Canadian Intellectual Property Office	Government	46	Simplecast	59
35	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	17	Unknown	21
36	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
37	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
38	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	61	CoHost	78
39	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
40	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
41	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
42	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
43	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
44	Question Time	BBC Sounds	Government	100	BBC	28
45	The Modern British History Podcast	Harry White	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
46	Public Sector Podcast	Public Sector Network	Government	100	Libsyn	62
47	RTL archives secrètes, François Mitterrand	RTL	Government	7	Audiomeans	38
48	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
49	The Emergency Management Network Podcast	Todd T. De Voe	Government	420	Substack	42
50	The Transatlantic	Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe	Government	32	Libsyn	43
51	Pervers narcissique : témoignages de victimes de pervers narcissiques	Caroline Mathieu Ph.D.	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
52	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
53	Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast	UK Parliament	Government	387	Soundcloud	32
54	On Defence and Security	Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)	Government	26	Squarespace	63
55	The Volley Chief	Chief David Lenart	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	69
56	GRadio.ca	GRadio.ca	Government	500	Soundcloud	54
57	Американский пирог	BBC Russian Radio	Government	22	BBC	33
58	The G-Word: A Podcast on Genocide	Clemence Pinaud, Shilla Kim	Government	7	Simplecast	58
59	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
60	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	27	Transistor	53
61	The Red Passport	Canadian International Council	News	50	Libsyn	43
62	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	32	Transistor	78
63	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
64	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
65	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
66	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
67	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
68	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	38
69	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
70	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
71	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
72	Capital Stories	National Capital Commission	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	68
73	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
74	Taiwan Salon	Global Taiwan Institute	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
76	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
77	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
78	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
79	Toronto Centre Podcasts	Toronto Centre	Government	212	CoHost	38
80	Smart Women, Smart Power	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	247	Megaphone	43
81	Migration Conversations	Jamie Liew	Government	61	Simplecast	63
82	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
83	What's Wrong with Democracy?	Tortoise Media	Government	23	Acast	89
84	GAC Files \| Dossiers d’AMC	Global Affairs Canada	Government	50	Unknown	38
85	L'Apport collectif	Patrick William	Government	22	Buzzsprout	52
86	Animals Today Radio	Dr. Lori Kirshner	Government	250	Blubrry Podcasting	43
87	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	63	Libsyn	38
88	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
89	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
90	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
91	The Daniel Mael Show	Daniel Mael	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
93	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
94	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
95	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	60	Megaphone	38
96	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
97	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
98	QUARTIER LIBRE	Armée de Terre recrute	Government	37	Podcastics	84
99	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
100	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	125	Libsyn	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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