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 29 Nov 2025

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11/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 292

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:42:08

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 (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

5. Podbean (6 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	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
4	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
5	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
6	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
7	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
8	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
9	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
10	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
11	Capital Stories	National Capital Commission	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	68
12	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	16	Buzzsprout	53
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
16	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
17	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
18	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
20	Cold Wash	Camille McInnis	Government	4	Buzzsprout	73
21	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
22	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
24	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
25	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	213	Acast	89
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
28	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
29	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
31	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
32	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
33	The HaltingWinter Podcast	Seth Winterhalter	Government	358	Libsyn	48
34	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
35	On Defence and Security	Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)	Government	26	Squarespace	63
36	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	94	Buzzsprout	73
37	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
38	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
39	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
40	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	295	Acast	48
41	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
42	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
43	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
44	For the Record with Daniel Fontaine & Paul Minhas	Daniel Fontaine	Government	143	RedCircle	48
45	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
46	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
47	NSGov Talks	NSGov Talks Podcast	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
48	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
49	Voices of Burnaby, with Mayor Mike Hurley	Voices of Burnaby	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	42
50	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
51	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
52	HOP Into Action Podcast Series	Brent Sutton	Government	169	RSS.com	52
53	Welcome Home: An Immigration Law Podcast	Emond Publishing	Government	15	Pinecast	62
54	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Omny Studio	48
55	POLITICO Money	POLITICO	Government	105	Megaphone	63
56	OttaVoix	Ville d'Ottawa	Government	12	Buzzsprout	53
57	A Hard Look	Administrative Law Review	Government	56	Spotify for Podcasters	53
58	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
59	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
60	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
61	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
62	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59
63	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
64	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
65	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
67	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
68	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
69	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	59	CoHost	78
70	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia QP Podcast	Hansard Services	Government	101	Podbean	37
71	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
72	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
73	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
74	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
75	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	25	Transistor	53
76	Atlantic Talk Podcast	Deutsche Atlantische Gesellschaft e.V.	Government	73	Unknown	48
77	Еду ў Магадан	Ігар Аліневіч	Government	15	Unknown	64
78	Jacques Baud - Palestine/Gaza US	Jacques Baud	Government	18	Transistor	48
79	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
80	Distintos no distantes	Tomás Chaves y Joshua Mitrotti	Government	34	Acast	59
81	The Camilla Tominey Show \| GB News	GB News	Government	52	Acast	38
82	Above Average Intelligence	The DSR Network	Government	50	Megaphone	38
83	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
84	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	338	Substack	53
85	Cyber Uncut	Momentum Media	Government	100	Libsyn	59
86	Power & Politics	WRGB CBS6, Power And Politics, Tom Eschen	Government	203	Megaphone	64
87	North Dakota Outdoors Podcast	North Dakota Game and Fish Department	Government	106	Simplecast	42
88	Short Changed	The Intergenerational Foundation	Government	24	Buzzsprout	62
89	The Street Warriors Podcast	lukas nelson	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	32
90	Democracy, Explained	Apathy is Boring	Government	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
91	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
92	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
93	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
94	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
95	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
96	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
97	The Law Show	BBC Radio 4	Government	118	BBC	33
98	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
99	The Politics of Evidence-Based Policymaking (Professor Paul Cairney)	Professor Paul Cairney	Government	6	Spotify for Podcasters	53
100	Understanding Public Policy (in 1000 and 500 words)	Professor Paul Cairney	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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