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 Oct 2025

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10/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 266

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:40:17

Top 5 authors

1. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

2. SCC Hearings Podcast (2 shows)

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

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

5. Pushkin Industries (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
6	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
9	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
11	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
12	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
13	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
14	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	215	Acast	89
15	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
17	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
18	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
19	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
20	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
23	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
24	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
26	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
27	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia QP Podcast	Hansard Services	Government	101	Podbean	37
28	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
29	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
31	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
32	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
33	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
34	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
35	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
36	Canusa Street - Intersecting the Canada U.S. Relationship	Wilson Center	Government	102	Libsyn	48
37	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	193	Transistor	63
38	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
39	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
40	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
41	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
42	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
43	Zohran Mamdani - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Government	124	Megaphone	63
44	Fixing up housing policy - from research to reality	Jim Dunn and Cynthia Belaskie, CHEC - Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative	Government	25	Simplecast	58
45	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
46	Découvrez Bibliothèque et Archives Canada	Bibliothèque et Archives Canada	Government & Organizations	99	Blubrry Podcasting	43
47	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
48	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
49	On Defence and Security	Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)	Government	26	Squarespace	63
50	Impôlogie – Le balado officiel de l'Agence du revenu du Canada	Agence du revenu du Canada	Government	15	Unknown	32
51	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
52	The Democracy Volunteers Podcast	Democracy Volunteers	Government	0	Zencastr	22
53	The Centre for International Governance Innovation	CIGI	Government	19	Soundcloud	43
54	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
55	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
56	پوشه \| Pousheh	شنوتو \| Shenoto	Government	12	Unknown	59
57	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
58	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	36	Transistor	43
59	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
60	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
61	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
62	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
63	Grain Farmers of Ontario	Grain Farmers of Ontario	Government	10	Blubrry	43
64	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
65	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
66	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
67	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
68	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (Floor Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	149	Podbean	42
69	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
70	Lignes de défense	RFI	Government & Organizations	24	Audiomeans	53
71	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	295	Acast	48
72	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	59	CoHost	78
73	HOP Into Action Podcast Series	Brent Sutton	Government	169	RSS.com	52
74	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
75	The Con Job	Edmonton Police Service	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	53
76	Public Service Podcast	Alethios	Government	9	RSS.com	52
77	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
79	Ukraine par Jacques Baud	Jacques Baud	Government	119	Transistor	53
80	Sous notre toit – Balado sur le logement au Canada	Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement	Government	27	Buzzsprout	43
81	Ducimus: The Canadian Infantry Podcast	Ducimus	Government	21	Spotify for Podcasters	42
82	Morning Podcast	Christina Xu	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	ACCESSIBLE HORIZONS	Luna Bengio and Nadine Charron	Government	6	Buzzsprout	58
84	Let's Talk Nigeria Show With Nefe	Nefe Onohwosa	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	48
85	Charlottetown	Centre for Constitutional Studies	Government	5	Podbean	63
86	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
87	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
88	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
89	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	431	Megaphone	53
90	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
91	NATO Review	Natochannel	Government & Organizations	72	Unknown	49
92	Экономика на слух	РЭШ	Government	243	mave	89
93	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
94	MW Shares	Municipal World	Government	45	Unknown	43
95	This Means War	Peter Roberts	Government	96	Libsyn	58
96	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
97	Labor History Talks	Labor History Talks	Government	24	Soundcloud	49
98	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
99	For the Record with Daniel Fontaine & Paul Minhas	Daniel Fontaine	Government	143	RedCircle	48
100	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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