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 21 Jul 2026

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07/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 305

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 26:07:44

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (6 shows)

2. The DSR Network (4 shows)

3. Cato Institute (2 shows)

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

5. Samara Centre For Democracy (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Podbean (10 shows)

3. Transistor (9 shows)

4. Acast (8 shows)

5. BBC (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
5	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	48	Simplecast	79
6	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
7	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
8	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	251	Acast	89
9	Women Talking Democracy	Charlotte Yates	Government	10	Transistor	48
10	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	53	Megaphone	48
11	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
12	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
13	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	382	Transistor	73
14	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
15	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
16	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
17	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
18	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	38	Transistor	43
19	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
20	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
23	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
24	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	17	Unknown	21
25	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	124	RSS.com	38
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1966	Megaphone	53
28	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
29	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
30	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
31	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
32	Something Different with John and Sarah	Something Different	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	37
33	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
34	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
35	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
36	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48
37	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
38	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1115	Megaphone	48
39	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
40	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
41	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
42	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
43	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
44	Real Talk Oshawa	City of Oshawa	Government	16	Podbean	52
45	In the Line of Fire with Gary Dillon	Gary Dillon	Government	39	Buzzsprout	57
46	Eau-là-là	Office de l'Eau de la Martinique	Government	9	Ausha	59
47	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
48	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
49	Political Thinking with Nick Robinson	BBC Radio 4	News	329	BBC	28
50	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
52	Trash Talk... with Count Binface	Biscuit Jim Creative	Government	57	Acast	83
53	American Potential	American Potential	News	478	Podbean	68
54	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Government & Organizations	46	Podbean	37
55	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
56	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
57	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
58	The G-Word: A Podcast on Genocide	Clemence Pinaud, Shilla Kim	Government	7	Simplecast	58
59	Public Sector Podcast	Public Sector Network	Government	100	Libsyn	62
60	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	19	Substack	43
61	彰話噪咖	彰化縣政府	Government	128	SoundOn	58
62	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
63	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	25	Spotify for Podcasters	48
64	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	16	Unknown	53
65	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
66	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	936	Buzzsprout	63
67	Unintended Consequences	Cato Institute	Government	29	Acast	64
68	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	27	Transistor	53
69	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	32	Transistor	78
70	Civic Punks	Derek Alton	Government	66	Podbean	42
71	The Access:VFX Podcast	ACCESS:VFX	Government	111	Soundcloud	38
72	BLUF: Artorias Podcast	Artorias, Inc.	Government	77	Spotify for Podcasters	17
73	New China Literacy	Yaqi Li	Government	5	Substack	53
74	Ahkameyimok Podcast with Perry Bellegarde	Perry Bellegarde, former National Chief, Assembly of First Nations	Government	74	Blubrry	42
75	Overheard at the Bush Center	George W. Bush Presidential Center	Government	74	Simplecast	42
76	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
77	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
78	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	12	BBC	22
79	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
80	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2759	Megaphone	38
81	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
82	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
83	MW Shares	Municipal World	Government	47	Unknown	43
84	Canadian IP voices	The Canadian Intellectual Property Office	Government	46	Simplecast	59
85	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	38
86	CODE RED	Secure America Now	Government	100	Podbean	43
87	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (Floor Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	149	Podbean	42
88	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
89	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
90	Our Curious Amalgam	American Bar Association	Government	402	Libsyn	68
91	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	30	Buzzsprout	32
92	Simply Science	Natural Resources Canada	Government	46	Soundcloud	49
93	Info Matters	Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario	Government	48	Simplecast	83
94	Fully Involved Firefighting	Fully Involved Firefighting	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	36	Megaphone	37
96	Communist Manifesto, The by Friedrich Engels (1820 - 1895) and Karl Marx (1818 - 1883)	Valerio Di Stefano	Government	3	Spreaker	53
97	On creuse la question	Gouvernement du Québec	Government	4	Omny Studio	53
98	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
99	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
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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