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 24 Jun 2026

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06/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 298

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:40:33

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Victorian Local Governance Association (1 shows)

5. Canada Revenue Agency (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Acast (8 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

4. Transistor (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
5	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
6	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
9	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
10	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	213	Acast	89
13	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
14	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
15	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
17	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
18	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
19	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
20	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
21	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
22	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (Floor Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	149	Podbean	42
23	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
24	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
25	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	On Defence and Security	Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)	Government	26	Squarespace	63
28	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
29	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	36	Transistor	43
30	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
31	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
32	Scope Conditions Podcast	Alan Jacobs and Yang-Yang Zhou	Government	37	Buzzsprout	67
33	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
34	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
35	Finding Solutions with Dan Albas	Dan Albas MP	Government	28	Substack	38
36	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
37	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
38	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
39	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
40	הבעיה של השמאל	הבעיה של השמאל	Government	9	Omny Studio	73
41	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
42	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
43	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
44	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
45	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
46	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
47	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
48	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
49	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
50	Sask Ag Today on GX94	GX94	Government	313	Futuri Media	43
51	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
52	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
53	Info Matters	Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario	Government	47	Simplecast	83
54	VLGA Connect	Victorian Local Governance Association	Government	490	Buzzsprout	68
55	The Emergency Management Network Podcast	Todd T. De Voe	Government	412	Substack	42
56	Security Heroes	Athena Security	Government	45	bCast	53
57	Xi Jinping’s China	Amber Tinney	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
58	The Camilla Tominey Show \| GB News	GB News	Government	52	Acast	38
59	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	313	Simplecast	73
60	Capital Stories	National Capital Commission	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	68
61	Parliament Explained	UK Parliament	Government	7	Acast	54
62	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
63	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
64	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
65	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
66	Everyday Reconciliation	Canada 2020	Government	11	Blubrry	73
67	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
68	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
69	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
70	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
71	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
72	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
73	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
74	Inherent Rights Informed Voices	Inherent Rights Informed Voices	Government	11	RSS.com	78
75	Découvrez Bibliothèque et Archives Canada	Bibliothèque et Archives Canada	Government & Organizations	99	Blubrry Podcasting	43
76	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	29	Simplecast	58
77	Cold Wash	Camille McInnis	Government	4	Buzzsprout	73
78	RTL archives secrètes, François Mitterrand	RTL	Government	7	Audiomeans	43
79	Politics As Unusual w/Molly Jong-Fast & Rick Wilson	Jesse Cannon	Government	1	Acast	58
80	POLITICO Money	POLITICO	Government	105	Megaphone	63
81	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
82	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
83	Ball of Thread	Marcy Wheeler	Government	59	Libsyn	38
84	Audio Nuggets: Mining For Gold	FMC	Government	57	Buzzsprout	38
85	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
86	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
87	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
88	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
89	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
90	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
91	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
92	プチ鹿島赤坂タイムス	TBS RADIO	Government	119	Megaphone	43
93	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
94	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
95	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	121	Libsyn	58
96	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
97	OpenMHz	OpenMHz	Government	166	Unknown	49
98	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	143	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
100	The Future of Fraud Investigation	ScanWriter	Government	9	Podbean	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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