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 Aug 2026

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08/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 307

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:41:22

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

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

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. El Orden Mundial (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. Transistor (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Acast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
2	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
3	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
6	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
7	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
8	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
11	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	214	Acast	89
12	The AI Power Podcast	Gregory C. Allen	Government	13	Buzzsprout	68
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
14	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
17	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
18	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
19	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
20	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
21	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
22	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
23	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
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	247	Podetize	63
26	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	151	Podetize	59
27	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
28	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
29	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
32	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
33	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
34	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
35	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	298	Libsyn	32
36	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
37	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
38	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
39	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	15	Unknown	53
40	Jump Seat de l'ARC	L’Aviation royale canadienne (ARC)	Government	9	Transistor	69
41	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
42	Law Report	ABC Australia	Government	246	ABC Australia	38
43	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
44	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	237	Buzzsprout	83
45	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
46	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
47	Luv Lighthouse with Vikki Elizabeth Semple	Vikki Semple	Government	1155	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	Light On Conspiracies	Ole Dammegard	Government	2	Soundcloud	53
49	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
50	RTL archives secrètes, François Mitterrand	RTL	Government	7	Audiomeans	43
51	The CDR Policy Scoop	Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart	Government	98	Acast	79
52	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
53	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
54	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
55	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
56	Le balado de l’Armée canadienne	Armée canadienne	Government	74	Transistor	72
57	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
58	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
59	Dairy Stream	Dairy Stream	Government	98	Podbean	58
60	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
61	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	14	Substack	43
62	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
63	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
64	Walescast	BBC Radio Wales	Government	101	BBC	28
65	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
66	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
67	Winning the Public Purse with David Kincade Details temporarily unavailable	David Kincade \| Government Grants &  Public Funding Expert	Government	10	N/A	N/A
68	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
69	AEI Podcast Channel	American Enterprise Institute	Government	109	Captivate	38
70	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
71	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
72	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	431	Megaphone	53
73	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
74	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
75	Something Different with John and Sarah	Something Different	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	17
76	The Politics of Money: An IFSD Podcast	Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD)	Government	13	Transistor	62
77	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	25	Transistor	53
78	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
79	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
80	Oxford Policy Pod	Students at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University	Government	146	Captivate	79
81	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
82	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	16	Buzzsprout	53
83	MW Shares	Municipal World	Government	45	Unknown	43
84	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
85	Finding Solutions with Dan Albas	Dan Albas MP	Government	28	Substack	38
86	Material Matters With SEC Chairman Paul Atkins	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	Government	4	Unknown	52
87	Intended Consequences	StrategyCorp Institute	Government	117	Libsyn	63
88	Europe Inside Out	Carnegie Europe	Government	45	Simplecast	73
89	New China Literacy	Yaqi Li	Government	5	Substack	53
90	POLITLAB	POLITLAB	Government	1	Soundcloud	43
91	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
92	BLUF: Artorias Podcast	Artorias, Inc.	Government	72	Spotify for Podcasters	17
93	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
94	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
95	Parliament Matters	Hansard Society	Government	159	Acast	89
96	Pervers narcissique : témoignages de victimes de pervers narcissiques	Caroline Mathieu Ph.D.	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
97	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
98	Canadian IP voices	The Canadian Intellectual Property Office	Government	44	Simplecast	59
99	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
100	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38

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