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 25 Sep 2025

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09/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 285

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:39:36

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

4. Civic Ventures (1 shows)

5. Professor Paul Cairney (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
4	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
6	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	16	Buzzsprout	53
7	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	213	Acast	89
10	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
11	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
12	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
13	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
14	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
15	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
16	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
17	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
18	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
20	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
21	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
22	See You In Court	seeyouincourt	Government	100	Podbean	48
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
25	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
26	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
27	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
29	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
30	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
31	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
32	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	15	Unknown	53
33	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
34	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
35	Canadian IP voices	The Canadian Intellectual Property Office	Government	44	Simplecast	59
36	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
37	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
38	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
39	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
40	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
41	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
42	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
43	Question Time	BBC Sounds	Government	94	BBC	33
44	Ekosiisen	Multimedia Ghana	Government	109	StreamGuys	43
45	Understanding Public Policy (in 1000 and 500 words)	Professor Paul Cairney	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	58
46	Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule	Washington Institute	Government	19	Acast	69
47	This Means War	Peter Roberts	Government	96	Libsyn	58
48	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
49	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	106	Megaphone	59
50	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
51	L'Apport collectif	Patrick William	Government	21	Buzzsprout	58
52	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
54	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
55	Futuro Público	Alberto Wurst, Jose Diaz Mendoza & Angela Galeano	Government	87	RedCircle	53
56	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
57	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
58	The Red Passport	Canadian International Council	News	46	Libsyn	43
59	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
60	The Secret Life Of Cookies	The DSR Network	Government	103	Megaphone	49
61	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
62	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
63	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
64	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	Alzheimer's Society Podcast	Alzheimer's Society	Government	103	Soundcloud	32
66	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
67	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
68	Public Spark	Doug Keefe	Government	98	Unknown	74
69	The Matt Brown Podcast	Matt Brown	Government	42	Simplecast	53
70	MW Shares	Municipal World	Government	45	Unknown	43
72	Public Matters: A City of Medicine Hat Podcast	City of Medicine Hat	Government	7	Buzzsprout	42
73	Pod Save Podcast	Sound World Media	Government	1	Spreaker	53
74	Ecos de Asia	Mazz	Government	152	iVoox	59
75	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
76	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
77	Lignes de défense	RFI	Government & Organizations	24	Audiomeans	53
78	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
79	Democracy, Explained	Apathy is Boring	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
80	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
81	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
82	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	121	Libsyn	58
83	New Brunswick Union-Syndicat du Nouveau-Brunswick	newbrunswickunionsyndicatdunouveaubrunswick	Government & Organizations	7	Podbean	42
84	The Con Job	Edmonton Police Service	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	53
85	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
86	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
87	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
88	GovComms: The Future of Government Communication	contentgroup	Government	362	Acast	49
89	Critical Infrastructure Security Centre	Australian Department of Home Affairs Critical Infrastructure Security Centre (CISC)	Government	19	Podbean	42
90	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	45	Audioboom	58
91	Fixing up housing policy - from research to reality	Jim Dunn and Cynthia Belaskie, CHEC - Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative	Government	25	Simplecast	58
92	Everyday Reconciliation	Canada 2020	Government	11	Blubrry	73
93	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
94	Public Risk Management	Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA)	Government	301	Soundcloud	43
95	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
96	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
97	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
98	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
99	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	94	Buzzsprout	73
100	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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