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 26 sept. 2025

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09/26/2025

Average data

Episodes: 282

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:41:17

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. Peter Roberts (2 shows)

5. Central Intelligence Agency (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Transistor (9 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
3	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
6	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
7	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
11	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
12	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	215	Acast	89
13	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
14	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
15	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
16	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
17	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
18	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
19	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
20	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
21	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
22	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
23	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
24	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
25	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
26	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
27	See You In Court	seeyouincourt	Government	100	Podbean	48
28	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Transistor	53
31	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
32	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
34	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
35	The Red Passport	Canadian International Council	News	46	Libsyn	43
36	RCAF Jump Seat	Royal Canadian Air Force	Government	9	Transistor	69
37	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
38	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
39	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
40	Jump Seat de l'ARC	L’Aviation royale canadienne (ARC)	Government	9	Transistor	69
41	杂七杂八	吃不胖的猪	Government	13	Spotify for Podcasters	33
42	Audio Briefs	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	1465	Megaphone	43
43	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
44	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	238	Buzzsprout	83
45	Migration Conversations	Jamie Liew	Government	61	Simplecast	63
46	Urban Planning is Not Boring	Samantha Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata	Government	53	Castos	58
47	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
48	What's Wrong with Democracy?	Tortoise Media	Government	23	Acast	89
49	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
50	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
51	How To Train A Military	Peter Roberts	Government	28	Libsyn	69
52	Yurt Jurt	Bashtan Bashta	Government	25	mave	89
53	OttaVoix	Ville d'Ottawa	Government	12	Buzzsprout	53
54	От слов к делу	РМГ	Government	25	mave	43
55	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
56	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	16	Unknown	53
57	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
58	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
59	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
60	Canadian IP voices	The Canadian Intellectual Property Office	Government	44	Simplecast	59
61	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
62	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
63	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
64	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
65	شیرازه	BBC Persian Radio	Government	76	BBC	33
66	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
67	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	59	CoHost	78
68	Interpreting India	Carnegie India	Government	154	Simplecast	83
69	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
70	This Means War	Peter Roberts	Government	96	Libsyn	58
71	Question Time	BBC Sounds	Government	94	BBC	33
72	Ekosiisen	Multimedia Ghana	Government	109	StreamGuys	43
73	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
74	On the Ground	Bureau of Land Management	Government	15	Unknown	43
75	Understanding Public Policy (in 1000 and 500 words)	Professor Paul Cairney	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	58
76	Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule	Washington Institute	Government	19	Acast	69
77	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
78	Complexified	Institute of Religion Politics and Culture, Amanda Henderson, Iliff School of Theology	Government	106	Megaphone	59
79	The Military Sherpa Leadership Podcast	Mark Tilsher	Government	120	Libsyn	38
80	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
81	L'Apport collectif	Patrick William	Government	21	Buzzsprout	58
83	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
84	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
85	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
86	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
87	The Secret Life Of Cookies	The DSR Network	Government	103	Megaphone	49
88	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
89	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
90	Futuro Público	Alberto Wurst, Jose Diaz Mendoza & Angela Galeano	Government	87	RedCircle	53
91	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
92	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
93	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
95	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
96	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
97	Alzheimer's Society Podcast	Alzheimer's Society	Government	103	Soundcloud	32
98	MW Shares	Municipal World	Government	45	Unknown	43
99	Public Spark	Doug Keefe	Government	98	Unknown	74
100	The Matt Brown Podcast	Matt Brown	Government	42	Simplecast	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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