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 Mar 2026

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03/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 327

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:39:49

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

4. Municipal World (1 shows)

5. Todd Conklin (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

3. Transistor (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	122	RSS.com	38
2	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
3	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	45	Megaphone	48
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
7	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
8	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	213	Acast	89
9	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	376	Transistor	73
10	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
11	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
13	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
14	Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Government	43	Omny Studio	52
15	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
16	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	74	Transistor	72
17	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
18	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
19	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
20	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
21	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	150	Blubrry	62
22	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
23	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
24	Real Ridge Podcast	City of Maple Ridge	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	52
25	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
26	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
27	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
28	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
29	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
30	Taxology – The Official Canada Revenue Agency Podcast	Canada Revenue Agency	Government	15	Unknown	21
31	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
33	Pandora's Box: The Fall of L.A.'s Sheriff	LAT Studios, Los Angeles Times	Government	7	Simplecast	68
34	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	26	Transistor	53
35	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	31	Transistor	78
36	Disclosure	Bloomberg	Government	10	Omny Studio	59
37	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
38	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	48
39	Inspecter et protéger	Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments	Government	13	Spotify for Podcasters	63
40	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
41	QUARTIER LIBRE	Armée de Terre recrute	Government	34	Podcastics	84
42	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
43	Ojibwe Stories	unknown_author	Government	20	Unknown	32
44	Parliament Matters	Hansard Society	Government	159	Acast	89
45	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	38
46	Rescue Swimmer Mindset Podcast	Two Former USCG Rescue Swimmers	Government	102	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
47	The Politics of Money: An IFSD Podcast	Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD)	Government	13	Transistor	62
48	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
49	Sask Ag Today on GX94	GX94	Government	313	Futuri Media	43
51	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
52	Le Micro Syndical	Grief Ultime (Dedje)	Government	53	Podbean	63
53	MW Shares	Municipal World	Government	45	Unknown	43
54	Un président devrait écouter ça	François Hollande	Government	14	Acast	68
55	The New Union Frontier / La nouvelle frontière syndicale	Customs and Immigration Union, Syndicat des Douanes et de l'Immigration	Government	8	Simplecast	53
56	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
57	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	28	Buzzsprout	32
58	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	15	Unknown	53
59	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
60	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
61	News File	Multimedia Ghana	Government	47	StreamGuys	43
62	The Week in Westminster	BBC Radio 4	Government	2	BBC	38
63	Info Matters	Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario	Government	47	Simplecast	83
64	RCAF Jump Seat	Royal Canadian Air Force	Government	9	Transistor	69
65	Data-Smart City Pod	Data-Smart City Solutions	Government	96	Simplecast	58
66	The Public Sphere: Journal of Public Policy	The Public Sphere Journal Team	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	On est tous des humains (archives) - Canal M, la voix de l'inclusion	Canal M, la voix de l'inclusion	Government	50	Unknown	38
68	apolut: Standpunkte	apolut	Government	1408	Spotify for Podcasters	38
69	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
70	Europe Inside Out	Carnegie Europe	Government	45	Simplecast	73
71	The Lincoln Local	TownofLincoln	Government	12	Buzzsprout	68
72	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
74	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
75	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
76	Pervers narcissique : témoignages de victimes de pervers narcissiques	Caroline Mathieu Ph.D.	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
77	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
78	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
79	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
80	Solo Documental	BANUS	Government	1999	iVoox	43
81	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
82	The Steady State Sentinel	The Steady State	Government	44	RSS.com	42
83	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1085	Megaphone	48
84	OttaVoix	Ville d'Ottawa	Government	12	Buzzsprout	53
85	Humans of the House	Samara Centre For Democracy	Government	9	Acast	69
86	Pete Buttigieg	Sophie Westen	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	33
87	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
88	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	431	Megaphone	53
89	OECD Podcasts	OECD	Government	165	Soundcloud	43
90	It's About Us with Rush Darwish	Rush Darwish	Government	23	N/A	N/A
91	Public Works Podcast	Joseph Blackman	Government	418	Spreaker	32
92	Democracy in Question?	Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy	Government	112	Simplecast	83
93	IDEAA-nomics (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, Anti-Racism)	Anti-Racism Ambassadors Network Podcast	Government	29	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
95	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
96	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
97	Diplomatas	Teresa de Sousa e Carlos Gaspar com moderação de Ivo Neto e António Saraiva Lima	Government	117	Omny Studio	73
98	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	193	Transistor	63
99	Le balado de l’Armée canadienne	Armée canadienne	Government	74	Transistor	72
100	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38

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