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 19 Nov 2025

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11/19/2025

Average data

Episodes: 282

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:40:43

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

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

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

4. Cape Coral Police Department (1 shows)

5. BBC Russian Radio (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (14 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Transistor (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
3	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	53	Megaphone	48
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
5	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	124	RSS.com	38
6	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
10	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
11	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	252	Acast	89
12	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
13	Cold Wash	Camille McInnis	Government	4	Buzzsprout	73
14	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
15	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
16	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
17	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
18	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
19	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
20	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	32	Transistor	78
21	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
22	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
23	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
24	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
27	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
28	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	38	Transistor	43
29	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
30	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	921	RSS.com	42
31	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
32	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
33	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
34	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
35	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
36	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
37	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
38	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	13	BBC	22
39	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
40	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
41	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
42	The Red Passport	Canadian International Council	News	49	Libsyn	43
43	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
44	The Dairy Edge	Teagasc	Government	706	Transistor	43
45	Cape CopCast	Cape Coral Police Department	Government	53	Buzzsprout	48
46	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
47	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
48	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
49	Alternative Frequencies \| غيّر الموجة	The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies	Government	42	Spotify for Podcasters	28
50	THE INNOCENCE PROJECT	Ariah Ortiz	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	33
51	Democracy, Explained	Apathy is Boring	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
52	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
54	Canadian IP voices	The Canadian Intellectual Property Office	Government	46	Simplecast	59
55	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	17	Unknown	21
56	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	61	CoHost	78
57	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
58	RTL archives secrètes, François Mitterrand	RTL	Government	7	Audiomeans	38
59	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	27	Transistor	53
60	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
61	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	63	Libsyn	38
62	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
63	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
64	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
65	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
66	Pervers narcissique : témoignages de victimes de pervers narcissiques	Caroline Mathieu Ph.D.	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
67	The Modern British History Podcast	Harry White	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
68	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
69	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
70	Public Sector Podcast	Public Sector Network	Government	100	Libsyn	62
71	Quality on Purpose	Catherine Blake	Government	3	Omny Studio	73
72	Question Time	BBC Sounds	Government	101	BBC	28
73	The Emergency Management Network Podcast	Todd T. De Voe	Government	420	Substack	42
74	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
75	The Transatlantic	Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe	Government	32	Libsyn	43
76	Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast	UK Parliament	Government	387	Soundcloud	32
77	On Defence and Security	Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)	Government	26	Squarespace	63
78	The Volley Chief	Chief David Lenart	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	69
79	The Real Truth About Alberta's Independence	Jarek Bucholc	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	48
80	GRadio.ca	GRadio.ca	Government	500	Soundcloud	54
81	Scarborough Centre - Working for You	David Smith	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	58
82	Американский пирог	BBC Russian Radio	Government	22	BBC	33
83	The G-Word: A Podcast on Genocide	Clemence Pinaud, Shilla Kim	Government	7	Simplecast	58
84	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
85	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
86	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
87	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
88	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
89	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
90	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
91	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
92	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
93	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
94	Taiwan Salon	Global Taiwan Institute	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	Migration Conversations	Jamie Liew	Government	61	Simplecast	63
96	Toronto Centre Podcasts	Toronto Centre	Government	212	CoHost	38
97	Smart Women, Smart Power	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	247	Megaphone	43
98	What's Wrong with Democracy?	Tortoise Media	Government	23	Acast	89
99	GAC Files \| Dossiers d’AMC	Global Affairs Canada	Government	50	Unknown	38
100	L'Apport collectif	Patrick William	Government	22	Buzzsprout	52

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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