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 30 Jan 2026

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01/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 264

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:39:05

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

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

4. SCC Hearings Podcast (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Transistor (9 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
4	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	213	Acast	89
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
6	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
7	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
8	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
9	Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule	Washington Institute	Government	19	Acast	69
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
11	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
12	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
13	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
14	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
15	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
16	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
17	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
18	Dialogue Over Division	Eva Chipiuk	Government	49	Spotify for Podcasters	53
19	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
20	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
23	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
24	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
25	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
27	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	44	RSS.com	42
28	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
30	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
31	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
32	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
33	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
34	Cold Wash	Camille McInnis	Government	4	Buzzsprout	73
35	The Minutes	City of Thunder Bay	Government	108	RSS.com	52
36	Understanding Public Policy (in 1000 and 500 words)	Professor Paul Cairney	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	58
37	Cache Me If You Can	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	24	Megaphone	48
38	CIAJ In All Fairness - ICAJ En toute justice	CIAJ - ICAJ	Government	121	Libsyn	58
39	Capital Stories	National Capital Commission	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	68
41	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
42	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
43	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
44	The Civil Service World Podcast	Civil Service World	Government	34	Spotify for Podcasters	17
45	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
46	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
47	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (Floor Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	149	Podbean	42
48	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
49	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
50	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
51	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	16	Buzzsprout	53
52	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
53	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
54	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
55	Joy FM Top Story	Multimedia Ghana	Government	88	StreamGuys	38
56	Eh Sayers	Statistics Canada	Government	36	Transistor	43
57	Inside the Project	Impact Assessment Agency of Canada	Government	1	Unknown	70
58	Voices of Burnaby, with Mayor Mike Hurley	Voices of Burnaby	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	42
59	Democracy in Question?	Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy	Government	112	Simplecast	83
60	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
61	Ducimus: The Canadian Infantry Podcast	Ducimus	Government	21	Spotify for Podcasters	42
62	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
63	Lignes de défense	RFI	Government & Organizations	24	Audiomeans	53
64	Sask Ag Today on GX94	GX94	Government	313	Futuri Media	43
65	The Real Truth About Alberta's Independence	Jarek Bucholc	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	48
66	Taiwan Frontlines: Taiwan in the Global Arena	The German Marshall Fund	Government	6	Simplecast	53
67	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
68	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
69	RCAF Jump Seat	Royal Canadian Air Force	Government	9	Transistor	69
70	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
71	Dan Bongino - Matt Gaetz	Inception Point Ai	Government	4	Spreaker	64
72	Fundable by Design	Jennifer Yarbrough	Government & Organizations	99	Libsyn	38
73	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
74	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
75	The Green Ribbon Panel	Green Ribbon Panel	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	43
76	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
77	Le balado de l’Armée canadienne	Armée canadienne	Government	74	Transistor	72
78	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
79	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
80	Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government & Organizations	175	Megaphone	43
81	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
82	The Matt Brown Podcast	Matt Brown	Government	42	Simplecast	53
83	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
84	Au coeur du projet	Agence d'évaluation d'impact du Canada	Government	1	Unknown	70
85	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	59	CoHost	78
86	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
87	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
88	Global Trade Deciphered	Privileged Discussions	Government	31	Buzzsprout	58
89	The Local Government Cafe Podcast	Local Gov Cafe	Government	30	Podbean	42
90	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
91	پوشه \| Pousheh	شنوتو \| Shenoto	Government	12	Unknown	59
92	Police-Mentors Podcast	rvcz52bouchar	Government	8	Podbean	42
93	21st Century Water	Mahesh Lunani	Government	48	Simplecast	79
94	Before, During & After	Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)	Government & Organizations	104	Unknown	43
95	The Animal Law Podcast	Mariann Sullivan, Law Professor, Pundit, Vegan	Government	135	Blubrry Podcasting	43
96	Real Talk on Compassion Fatigue & Vicarious Trauma	Taryn Hughes	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	58
98	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
99	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
100	Au-delà des prisons	Service correctionnel Canada	Government	25	Transistor	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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