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 22 Mar 2026

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03/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 327

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:45:21

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

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

4. SCC Hearings Podcast (2 shows)

5. Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Libsyn (8 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Transistor (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	53	Megaphone	48
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
4	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
5	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	252	Acast	89
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
8	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
9	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
11	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	921	RSS.com	42
12	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
13	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
14	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
15	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
16	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	124	RSS.com	38
17	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	30	Buzzsprout	32
18	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
19	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
20	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
22	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
23	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	17	Unknown	21
24	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
25	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
26	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
27	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
28	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
29	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
30	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
31	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	13	BBC	22
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	27	Transistor	53
34	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
35	High-Heeled Diplomacy	Maya Walborsky	Government	18	Spotify for Podcasters	43
36	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
37	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
38	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
39	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
40	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
41	The Last Wire Podcast	The Last Wire Podcast	Government	9	Unknown	38
42	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
43	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	125	Libsyn	58
44	Canadian IP voices	The Canadian Intellectual Property Office	Government	46	Simplecast	59
45	The Benjamin Anthony Show from the MirYam Institute	The MirYam Institute	Government	257	Buzzsprout	62
46	Pod Save Podcast	Sound World Media	Government	1	Spreaker	53
47	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
48	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	38	Transistor	43
49	The Melting Pod	Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty	Government	17	ART19	73
50	Notes On Democracy	H. L. Mencken	Government	24	Spreaker	64
51	Social Discipline	Social Discipline	Government	54	Soundcloud	43
52	Plus que des pieds carrés	Palais des congrès de Montréal	Government	6	Captivate	42
53	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
54	شیرازه	BBC Persian Radio	Government	76	BBC	33
55	小桃家幸福+	桃園市政府家庭教育中心	Government	351	Firstory	44
56	Stratford Town Talk	Town of Stratford	Government	66	PodServe.fm	43
57	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
58	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
59	The Growing Point Podcast	thegrowingpointpodcast	Government & Organizations	39	Podbean	37
60	The Politics of Money: An IFSD Podcast	Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD)	Government	13	Transistor	62
61	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
62	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
63	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
64	Conversations with Vanguard Defence	Vanguard Defence	Government	210	Unknown	32
65	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
66	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1115	Megaphone	48
67	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
68	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
69	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	25	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
71	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
72	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
73	Above Average Intelligence	The DSR Network	Government	50	Megaphone	38
74	Experience Full Audiobook in Mysteries & Thrillers, Police Procedurals	hotaudiobook.com	Government	2000	Unknown	53
75	The Europol Podcast	Europol	Government	30	Springcast	68
76	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	61	CoHost	78
77	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	302	Acast	48
78	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
79	Global Recon	John Hendricks	Government	192	Spotify for Podcasters	43
80	I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace	Clare Daly, Mick Wallace	Government	249	Simplecast	42
81	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
82	Police-Mentors Podcast	rvcz52bouchar	Government	8	Podbean	42
83	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
84	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Spotify for Podcasters	33
85	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
86	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
87	Europe Inside Out	Carnegie Europe	Government	47	Simplecast	73
88	Sunday Supplement	BBC Radio Wales	Government	6	BBC	28
89	The Con Job	Edmonton Police Service	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	53
90	Inside Cyber Diplomacy	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	37	Megaphone	43
91	The Dictators	The Real Truth Not Fake Media	Government	15	Spotify for Podcasters	32
92	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
93	Plus vert qu’hier : mode d’emploi pour des élu·es en action	Mikael St-Pierre	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	37
94	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
95	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
96	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
97	The Minutes	City of Thunder Bay	Government	113	RSS.com	52
98	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
99	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (Floor Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	149	Podbean	42
100	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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