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 Jul 2026

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07/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 294

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:38:47

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

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

4. Circle Of Insight Productions (2 shows)

5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. Acast (9 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Transistor (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Power	Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global	Government	49	Simplecast	79
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
3	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
4	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	54	Megaphone	48
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
6	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
7	America, Actually with Astead Herndon	Vox Media	Government	38	Megaphone	48
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
10	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
11	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	921	RSS.com	42
12	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	252	Acast	89
13	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
14	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
15	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	30	Buzzsprout	32
16	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
17	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
18	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
19	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
20	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
22	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
23	Sous notre toit – Balado sur le logement au Canada	Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement	Government	30	Buzzsprout	38
24	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
25	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	50	Omny Studio	52
26	Political Thinking with Nick Robinson	BBC Radio 4	News	329	BBC	28
27	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
28	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	36	Megaphone	37
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
31	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
32	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
33	Winning the Public Purse with David Kincade Details temporarily unavailable	David Kincade \| Government Grants &  Public Funding Expert	Government	10	N/A	N/A
34	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	99	Buzzsprout	73
35	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	38	Transistor	43
36	The Emergency Management Network Podcast	Todd T. De Voe	Government	420	Substack	42
37	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	125	Libsyn	58
38	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
39	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
40	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
41	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	300	Libsyn	32
42	The Jedburgh Podcast	Fran Racioppi	Government	251	Podetize	63
43	Checks & Balances	Checks & Balances	Government	19	Substack	43
44	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Government & Organizations	46	Podbean	37
45	What's Wrong with Democracy?	Tortoise Media	Government	23	Acast	89
46	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
47	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
48	The Leg': Manitoba Politics with Mark Wasyliw	Mark Wasyliw	Government	11	RSS.com	62
49	DC EKG	Stay On Course Studios	Government	153	Podetize	59
50	The Active Measures Newsletter Podcast	The Pell Center at Salve Regina University	Government	100	Omny Studio	58
51	پوشه \| Pousheh	شنوتو \| Shenoto	Government	12	Unknown	59
52	Spy Craft	Circle Of Insight Productions	Government	427	Spreaker	49
53	The Briefing \| With Wes Mussio	Mussio Goodman	Government	49	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
54	Pew Research Center	Pew Research Center	News & Politics	13	Feedburner	28
55	Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government & Organizations	175	Megaphone	43
56	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
57	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
58	A victim's pathway, for survivors of sexual violence	The Office of the Victims' Commissioner	Government	5	Captivate	73
59	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
60	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	25	Spotify for Podcasters	48
61	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
62	Women Talking Democracy	Charlotte Yates	Government	10	Transistor	48
63	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
64	Behind the Meter: An MPSC Podcast	MPSC	Government	20	Buzzsprout	27
65	Le balado de l’Armée canadienne	Armée canadienne	Government	75	Transistor	72
66	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
67	NATO DECLASSIFIED	UK Delegation to NATO	Government	5	Podbean	42
68	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	47	Audioboom	58
69	The Grumpy Strategists	Strategic Analysis Australia	Government	87	RSS.com	52
70	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
71	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
72	Leviathan Must Be Stopped	Trevor Parry	Government	8	Buzzsprout	52
73	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
74	Lord Speaker's Corner	House of Lords	Government	59	Acast	94
75	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
76	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
77	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	17	Unknown	21
78	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	14	BBC	22
79	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	124	RSS.com	38
80	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
81	Stories of Special Forces Operators	Circle Of Insight Productions	Government	239	Spreaker	43
82	DSR's Siliconsciousness	The DSR Network	Government	92	Megaphone	38
83	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
84	The Carbon Removal Scoop	Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart	Government	108	Acast	79
85	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
86	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
87	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
88	Disclosure: UAP & Alien Files	Cmdr Silas Vance	Government	206	Spreaker	43
89	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
90	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
91	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
92	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	27	Transistor	53
93	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	241	Buzzsprout	83
94	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
95	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
96	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
97	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
98	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
99	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
100	Something Different with John and Sarah	Something Different	Government	24	Spotify for Podcasters	37

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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