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 Aug 2026

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08/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 313

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:41:40

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. Samara Centre For Democracy (2 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Acast (9 shows)

4. Transistor (9 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
2	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	53	Megaphone	48
3	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	49	Simplecast	79
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
5	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
6	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	252	Acast	89
9	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	37	Megaphone	48
10	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
11	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	921	RSS.com	42
14	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
16	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
17	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
18	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
19	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
20	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
21	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
25	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
26	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
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
28	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
29	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
30	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
31	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	16	Unknown	53
32	RTL archives secrètes, François Mitterrand	RTL	Government	7	Audiomeans	38
33	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
34	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
35	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
36	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
37	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
38	Dairy Stream	Dairy Stream	Government	98	Podbean	58
39	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
40	Le balado de l’Armée canadienne	Armée canadienne	Government	75	Transistor	72
41	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
42	Walescast	BBC Radio Wales	Government	112	BBC	28
43	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	19	Substack	43
44	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
45	Winning the Public Purse with David Kincade Details temporarily unavailable	David Kincade \| Government Grants &  Public Funding Expert	Government	10	N/A	N/A
46	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
47	AEI Podcast Channel	American Enterprise Institute	Government	109	Captivate	38
48	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
49	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
50	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
51	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
52	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	32	Transistor	78
53	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	124	RSS.com	38
54	The Politics of Money: An IFSD Podcast	Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD)	Government	13	Transistor	62
55	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
56	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
57	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	439	Megaphone	53
58	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	17	Unknown	21
59	Oxford Policy Pod	Students at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University	Government	149	Captivate	79
60	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
61	Something Different with John and Sarah	Something Different	Government	24	Spotify for Podcasters	37
62	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	300	Libsyn	32
63	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
64	MW Shares	Municipal World	Government	47	Unknown	43
65	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	752	Libsyn	37
66	Finding Solutions with Dan Albas	Dan Albas MP	Government	36	Substack	38
67	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	5	Unknown	52
68	Intended Consequences	StrategyCorp Institute	Government	122	Libsyn	58
70	New China Literacy	Yaqi Li	Government	5	Substack	53
71	POLITLAB	POLITLAB	Government	1	Soundcloud	43
72	BLUF: Artorias Podcast	Artorias, Inc.	Government	77	Spotify for Podcasters	17
73	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
74	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1115	Megaphone	48
75	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
76	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
77	Parliament Matters	Hansard Society	Government	164	Acast	89
78	The Carbon Removal Scoop	Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart	Government	108	Acast	79
79	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
80	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
81	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
82	Public Sector Podcast	Public Sector Network	Government	100	Libsyn	62
83	Canadian IP voices	The Canadian Intellectual Property Office	Government	46	Simplecast	59
84	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
85	Pervers narcissique : témoignages de victimes de pervers narcissiques	Caroline Mathieu Ph.D.	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
86	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
87	Portside Conversations	BVI Ports Authority	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	22
88	Toronto Centre Podcasts	Toronto Centre	Government	212	CoHost	38
89	Everyday Reconciliation	Canada 2020	Government	11	Blubrry	73
90	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
91	Necropolitics Covered	54	Government	80	Substack	73
92	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
93	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	27	Transistor	53
94	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
95	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
96	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
97	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
98	Sitting by the Fire	CSPS Indigenous Learning	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
99	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
100	Understanding Russia	Understanding Russia	Government	12	Spotify for Podcasters	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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