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 Nov 2025

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11/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 306

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:42:59

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (2 shows)

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. Samara Centre For Democracy (2 shows)

4. Find Out Media & Studio71 (1 shows)

5. Embrase Business Consulting Inc. (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (14 shows)

2. Podbean (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Acast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	53	Megaphone	48
2	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	14	Omny Studio	63
3	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	124	RSS.com	38
7	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
8	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
9	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
11	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
12	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
13	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	32	Transistor	78
14	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	30	Buzzsprout	32
15	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	252	Acast	89
16	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
17	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
18	This Week's AI	This Week in AI	News	373	RSS.com	32
19	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
20	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	921	RSS.com	42
24	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
25	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
26	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	38	Transistor	43
27	Cold Wash	Camille McInnis	Government	4	Buzzsprout	73
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
29	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
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	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
34	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
35	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
36	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
37	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
38	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Spotify for Podcasters	33
39	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia QP Podcast	Hansard Services	Government	101	Podbean	37
40	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
41	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
42	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
43	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
44	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	99	Buzzsprout	73
45	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
46	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
47	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
48	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
49	How to Win a Campaign	Joe Fuld, Martín Diego Garcia	Government	136	Simplecast	73
50	EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy	EQUALS	Government	104	Acast	73
51	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
52	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
53	ACCESSIBLE HORIZONS	Luna Bengio and Nadine Charron	Government	6	Buzzsprout	58
54	Down the Local	Talk	Government	27	Acast	64
55	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
56	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
57	New Books in European Politics	New Books Network	Government	600	Simplecast	63
58	Intersections: Where Human Rights and Democracy Meet	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	11	Megaphone	53
59	The First Responder’s Podcast	brianmiller1963	Government	16	Podbean	42
60	The Green Renaissance: How to Rebuild the Global Economy	UN CC:Learn	Government	11	Spotify for Podcasters	58
61	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
62	内部视角看中国	杜文	Government	11	Firstory	53
63	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
64	Capital Stories	National Capital Commission	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	68
65	Question Time	BBC Sounds	Government	101	BBC	28
66	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
67	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
68	OECD Podcasts	OECD	Government	169	Soundcloud	43
69	Infrastructure Junkies! Exploring Eminent Domain, Right of Way, and Infrastructure Development (formerly The Pendulum Land Podcast)	Dave Arnold, Kristen Short	Government	90	Podbean	31
70	Truth, Trust and Democracy	Michelle Ainsworth	Government	8	Acast	63
71	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
72	Sources diplomatiques	France Diplomatie	Government	65	Podcastics	69
73	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
74	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
75	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	25	Spotify for Podcasters	48
76	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
77	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
78	For the Record with Daniel Fontaine & Paul Minhas	Daniel Fontaine	Government	143	RedCircle	48
79	MW Shares	Municipal World	Government	47	Unknown	43
80	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
81	Weed Wonks	A Rootwurks and Strategies 64 Production	Government	78	Ausha	43
82	Biosecurity: Changing the Game	The Pandemic Center, Brown University School of Public Health	Government	20	Captivate	48
83	The GovMaker Podcast	The Pond-Deshpande Centre	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	58
84	خشت خام	خشت خام	Government	58	Unknown	59
85	Z obecnej tabule	Štúdio Štúrova	Government	12	N/A	N/A
86	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
87	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
88	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
89	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
90	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
91	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
92	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
93	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
94	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
95	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
96	Conversations with Vanguard Defence	Vanguard Defence	Government	210	Unknown	32
97	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
98	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	938	Megaphone	38
99	Regulation Matters: a CLEAR conversation	Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation	Government	100	Podbean	58
100	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33

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