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 Nov 2025

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11/21/2025

Average data

Episodes: 282

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:42:54

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

2. Samara Centre For Democracy (2 shows)

3. Sean Corbett AVM (Retd) (1 shows)

4. RTL (1 shows)

5. BBC Sounds (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (14 shows)

2. Transistor (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
2	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
3	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
6	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
9	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
10	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
11	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
12	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
13	This Week's AI	This Week in AI	News	335	RSS.com	32
14	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
16	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
17	Cold Wash	Camille McInnis	Government	4	Buzzsprout	73
18	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
19	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
20	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
24	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
25	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
26	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
27	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
28	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	25	Transistor	53
29	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
30	ACCESSIBLE HORIZONS	Luna Bengio and Nadine Charron	Government	6	Buzzsprout	58
31	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
32	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
33	内部视角看中国	杜文	Government	11	Firstory	53
34	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
35	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
36	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	36	Transistor	43
37	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	213	Acast	89
38	Question Time	BBC Sounds	Government	94	BBC	33
39	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
40	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
41	Truth, Trust and Democracy	Michelle Ainsworth	Government	8	Acast	63
42	OECD Podcasts	OECD	Government	165	Soundcloud	43
43	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
44	For the Record with Daniel Fontaine & Paul Minhas	Daniel Fontaine	Government	143	RedCircle	48
45	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
46	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
47	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
48	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
49	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
50	Weed Wonks	A Rootwurks and Strategies 64 Production	Government	66	Ausha	49
51	Biosecurity: Changing the Game	The Pandemic Center, Brown University School of Public Health	Government	20	Captivate	48
52	The GovMaker Podcast	The Pond-Deshpande Centre	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	58
53	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
54	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
55	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
56	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
57	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	16	Buzzsprout	53
58	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
59	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
60	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
61	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
62	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
63	Conversations with Vanguard Defence	Vanguard Defence	Government	204	Unknown	32
64	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
65	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
66	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
67	Regulation Matters: a CLEAR conversation	Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation	Government	100	Podbean	58
68	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
69	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
70	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
71	Rethinking Democracy	Middle East Institute	Government	27	Libsyn	53
72	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
73	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
74	MuniCast	SUMA	Government	70	Spotify for Podcasters	43
75	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Transistor	53
76	Dialogue Over Division	Eva Chipiuk	Government	49	Spotify for Podcasters	53
77	Jacques Baud - Palestine/Gaza US	Jacques Baud	Government	18	Transistor	48
78	CATO Podcast	catopodcast	Government	80	Podbean	42
79	Impôlogie – Le balado officiel de l'Agence du revenu du Canada	Agence du revenu du Canada	Government	15	Unknown	32
80	ACB Braille Forum and E-Forum	American Council of the Blind	Government & Organizations	188	Pinecast	43
81	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
82	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
83	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	73
84	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
85	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
86	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
87	RTL archives secrètes, François Mitterrand	RTL	Government	7	Audiomeans	43
88	Alternative Frequencies \| غيّر الموجة	The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies	Government	42	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
90	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
91	The Dairy Edge	Teagasc	Government	697	Transistor	43
92	The Diplomacy Podcast	Nicholas Kralev	Government	17	Substack	68
93	Cape CopCast	Cape Coral Police Department	Government	53	Buzzsprout	48
94	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
95	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
96	THE INNOCENCE PROJECT	Ariah Ortiz	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	33
97	Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer	Center for Public Health Systems	Government	10	Megaphone	73
98	Democracy, Explained	Apathy is Boring	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
99	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
100	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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