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 28 Apr 2026

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04/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 259

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:42:15

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. Bolch Judicial Institute (2 shows)

5. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	34	Simplecast	79
2	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	26	Megaphone	48
3	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
4	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
7	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
8	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
9	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
10	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
11	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
12	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
18	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	214	Acast	89
19	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
20	Info Matters	Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario	Government	47	Simplecast	83
21	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
22	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
23	Continuing the Conversation \| The Surface Navy Association Podcast	Surface Navy Association	Government	4	Podbean	52
24	The Politics of Money: An IFSD Podcast	Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD)	Government	13	Transistor	62
25	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	45	RSS.com	42
26	Future Discontinuous	FALTER and IWM	Government	16	Acast	94
27	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
28	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
29	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
30	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
31	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
32	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
33	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
35	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	36	Transistor	43
36	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
37	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
38	Inherent Rights Informed Voices	Inherent Rights Informed Voices	Government	11	RSS.com	78
39	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
40	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
41	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
42	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
43	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	431	Megaphone	53
44	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
45	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
46	La science simplifiée	Ressources naturelles Canada	Government	46	Soundcloud	49
47	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
48	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
49	Pod Bless America	Jim Larkin and Dan Wilkinson Jr.	Government	91	Simplecast	63
50	Reconcile. Everyday Conversations	Mennonite Central Committee Saskatchewan	Government & Organizations	18	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
51	Protéger ceux qu’on aime, le balado du Curateur public	Curateur public	Government	4	Captivate	59
52	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
53	Real Ridge Podcast	City of Maple Ridge	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	52
54	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
55	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
56	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
57	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
58	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
59	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
60	The Politics Prepping and Paranormal Podcast	Jeff Morey	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
61	Resilient HERoes	Laura James - Resilient Heroes	Government	31	Buzzsprout	58
62	Ceasefire	C-SPAN	Government	50	Megaphone	38
63	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
64	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
65	Pivotal States	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace	Government	27	Simplecast	68
66	The Lincoln Local	TownofLincoln	Government	12	Buzzsprout	68
67	Order in the Court	Bolch Judicial Institute	Government	10	Simplecast	63
68	Judgment Calls with Hon. David F. Levi	Bolch Judicial Institute	Government & Organizations	15	Unknown	43
69	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
70	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
71	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
72	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
73	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
74	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
75	책 읽어주는 사서 Details temporarily unavailable	성남도시개발공사 중원도서관	Government	320	N/A	N/A
76	Anger Management	Daniel Odom	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	43
77	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
78	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59
79	Governance Matters	South East Employers	Government	20	Buzzsprout	58
80	The Hidden Power	Ed Straw and Philip Tottenham	Government	46	Acast	74
81	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
82	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
83	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
84	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	15	Unknown	53
85	City of Nanaimo Presents: The Sweet Layered Podcast	City of Nanaimo	Government	35	Podbean	41
86	QUARTIER LIBRE	Armée de Terre recrute	Government	34	Podcastics	84
87	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
88	Canadian IP voices	The Canadian Intellectual Property Office	Government	44	Simplecast	59
89	Le balado de l’Armée canadienne	Armée canadienne	Government	74	Transistor	72
90	The Whistler Podcast	Resort Municipality of Whistler	Government	82	Buzzsprout	48
91	Simply Science	Natural Resources Canada	Government	46	Soundcloud	49
92	Right of Reply - QIAA - Queen's University	rightofreply	Government	35	Podomatic	49
93	طاهر المعتز بالله - ماذا يحدث؟	Taher El Moataz Bellah	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Global Aid Rethink	Ivica Petrikova and Melita Lazell	Government	10	Acast	89
95	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	Pervers narcissique : témoignages de victimes de pervers narcissiques	Caroline Mathieu Ph.D.	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
97	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
98	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
99	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
100	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32

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