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 23 Nov 2025

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11/23/2025

Average data

Episodes: 303

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:42:11

Top 5 authors

1. Samara Centre For Democracy (2 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. The DSR Network (2 shows)

5. Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (13 shows)

2. Acast (10 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Transistor (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	55	Megaphone	48
2	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	15	Omny Studio	63
3	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
4	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	125	RSS.com	38
8	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
9	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	259	Acast	89
10	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
11	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	384	Transistor	73
12	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
13	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	30	Buzzsprout	32
14	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
15	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
16	Cold Wash	Camille McInnis	Government	4	Buzzsprout	73
17	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
18	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
20	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	154	Podbean	37
21	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
22	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	33	Transistor	78
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
25	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	100	Buzzsprout	73
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
29	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	27	Transistor	53
30	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Spotify for Podcasters	33
31	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	38
32	Capital Stories	National Capital Commission	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	68
33	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
34	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
35	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
36	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	25	Spotify for Podcasters	48
37	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
38	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
39	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
40	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	38	Transistor	43
41	Democracy, Explained	Apathy is Boring	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
42	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
43	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
44	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
45	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
46	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
47	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	22
48	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
49	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
50	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
51	Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP	Government	24	Libsyn	68
52	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
53	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	270	Acast	94
54	The Con Job	Edmonton Police Service	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	53
55	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
56	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
57	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
58	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia QP Podcast	Hansard Services	Government	101	Podbean	37
59	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
60	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
61	EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy	EQUALS	Government	105	Acast	73
62	For the Record with Daniel Fontaine & Paul Minhas	Daniel Fontaine	Government	143	RedCircle	48
63	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
64	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
65	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
66	Question Time	BBC Sounds	Government	101	BBC	28
67	How to Win a Campaign	Joe Fuld, Martín Diego Garcia	Government	136	Simplecast	73
68	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
69	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
70	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
71	Down the Local	Talk	Government	27	Acast	64
72	ACCESSIBLE HORIZONS	Luna Bengio and Nadine Charron	Government	6	Buzzsprout	58
73	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
74	New Books in European Politics	New Books Network	Government	600	Simplecast	63
75	Intersections: Where Human Rights and Democracy Meet	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	11	Megaphone	53
76	The First Responder’s Podcast	brianmiller1963	Government	16	Podbean	42
77	The Green Renaissance: How to Rebuild the Global Economy	UN CC:Learn	Government	11	Spotify for Podcasters	58
78	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
79	内部视角看中国	杜文	Government	11	Firstory	53
80	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
81	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
82	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
83	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
84	MW Shares	Municipal World	Government	47	Unknown	43
85	OECD Podcasts	OECD	Government	169	Soundcloud	43
86	Infrastructure Junkies! Exploring Eminent Domain, Right of Way, and Infrastructure Development (formerly The Pendulum Land Podcast)	Dave Arnold, Kristen Short	Government	90	Podbean	31
87	Truth, Trust and Democracy	Michelle Ainsworth	Government	8	Acast	63
88	Sources diplomatiques	France Diplomatie	Government	65	Podcastics	69
89	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
90	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	235	Libsyn	48
91	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
92	Weed Wonks	A Rootwurks and Strategies 64 Production	Government	78	Ausha	43
93	Biosecurity: Changing the Game	The Pandemic Center, Brown University School of Public Health	Government	20	Captivate	48
94	The GovMaker Podcast	The Pond-Deshpande Centre	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	58
95	خشت خام	خشت خام	Government	58	Unknown	59
96	Z obecnej tabule	Štúdio Štúrova	Government	12	N/A	N/A
97	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
98	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
99	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
100	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63

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