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 nov. 2025

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11/28/2025

Average data

Episodes: 276

Frequency: every 18 days

Duration: 00:42:16

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (5 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Professor Paul Cairney (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
3	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
4	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
7	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
10	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
11	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
12	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
15	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
17	Capital Stories	National Capital Commission	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	68
18	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	214	Acast	89
19	Cold Wash	Camille McInnis	Government	4	Buzzsprout	73
20	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
21	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
22	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
25	On Defence and Security	Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)	Government	26	Squarespace	63
26	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
27	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
28	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
32	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
33	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
34	NSGov Talks	NSGov Talks Podcast	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
35	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
36	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
37	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
38	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
39	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
40	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
41	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59
42	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
43	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
44	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
45	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
46	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
47	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	59	CoHost	78
48	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia QP Podcast	Hansard Services	Government	101	Podbean	37
49	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	25	Transistor	53
50	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
51	Еду ў Магадан	Ігар Аліневіч	Government	15	Unknown	64
52	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
53	Jacques Baud - Palestine/Gaza US	Jacques Baud	Government	18	Transistor	48
54	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
55	Distintos no distantes	Tomás Chaves y Joshua Mitrotti	Government	34	Acast	59
56	The Camilla Tominey Show \| GB News	GB News	Government	52	Acast	38
57	Atlantic Talk Podcast	Deutsche Atlantische Gesellschaft e.V.	Government	73	Unknown	48
58	The HaltingWinter Podcast	Seth Winterhalter	Government	358	Libsyn	48
59	Above Average Intelligence	The DSR Network	Government	50	Megaphone	38
60	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
61	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	338	Substack	53
62	Cyber Uncut	Momentum Media	Government	100	Libsyn	59
63	Power & Politics	WRGB CBS6, Power And Politics, Tom Eschen	Government	203	Megaphone	64
64	North Dakota Outdoors Podcast	North Dakota Game and Fish Department	Government	106	Simplecast	42
65	Short Changed	The Intergenerational Foundation	Government	24	Buzzsprout	62
66	The Street Warriors Podcast	lukas nelson	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	32
67	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
68	Democracy, Explained	Apathy is Boring	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
69	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
70	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
71	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
72	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
73	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
74	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	94	Buzzsprout	73
75	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
76	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
77	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
78	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
79	The Politics of Evidence-Based Policymaking (Professor Paul Cairney)	Professor Paul Cairney	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	53
80	Understanding Public Policy (in 1000 and 500 words)	Professor Paul Cairney	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	58
81	Radio Kipinä	Puolustusvoimat	Government	46	Soundcloud	43
82	Let's Talk Winnipeg!	Kevin Klein	Government	79	ART19	69
83	Letter to a minister	Tim Sargent	Government	4	Transistor	63
84	The Sponge Dockets Details temporarily unavailable	Christy Howard & Georganna Frantzis	Government	14	N/A	N/A
85	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
86	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
87	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
88	The Leg': Manitoba Politics with Mark Wasyliw	Mark Wasyliw	Government	11	RSS.com	62
89	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
90	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	295	Acast	48
91	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
92	Group Chat: Making Sense of Canada’s Democracy With a Few Friends	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	11	Acast	63
93	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
94	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	431	Megaphone	53
95	The GovMaker Podcast	The Pond-Deshpande Centre	Government	27	Spotify for Podcasters	58
96	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
97	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
98	OECD Podcasts	OECD	Government	165	Soundcloud	43
99	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	16	Buzzsprout	53
100	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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