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 31 Oct 2025

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10/31/2025

Average data

Episodes: 287

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:38:30

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (14 shows)

2. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (6 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (33 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Playbook Canada	Politico	Government	54	Megaphone	48
2	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
4	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
5	Politics Is Broken	Brittlestar	Government	124	RSS.com	38
6	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
7	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
8	The Jerry Agar Show	iHeartRadio	Government	2000	Omny Studio	53
9	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
12	The Functional Government Podcast	Embrase Business Consulting Inc.	Government	18	Buzzsprout	62
13	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
14	Speaking Municipally	Taproot Edmonton	Government	383	Transistor	73
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	921	RSS.com	42
16	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
17	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
18	The OShow with Laura Babcock	laura babcock	Government	252	Acast	89
19	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
20	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
21	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
22	Diabetes Canada Podcast	Diabetes Canada	Government	151	Blubrry	52
23	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
24	Canadian Army Podcast	Canadian Army	Government	75	Transistor	72
25	Prisons Inside/Out	Correctional Service Canada	Government	27	Transistor	53
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
27	Retraite Québec, le balado	Retraite Québec	Government	16	Buzzsprout	32
28	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
29	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
30	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
31	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
33	Supreme Court of Canada Hearings (English Audio)	SCC Hearings Podcast	Government	153	Podbean	42
34	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
35	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
36	Our City, Our Podcast	City of Winnipeg	Government	32	Transistor	78
37	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
38	Balade santé	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux	Government	16	Unknown	53
39	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
40	Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population	Ontario Long Term Care Association	Government	61	CoHost	78
41	Before, During & After	Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)	Government & Organizations	104	Unknown	43
42	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
43	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
44	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
45	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
46	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
47	Safe and Sound with CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Government	300	Libsyn	32
48	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center	Government & Organizations	46	Podbean	37
49	Let's Talk Winnipeg!	Kevin Klein	Government	79	ART19	69
50	ON Parliament	Legislative Assembly of Ontario	Government	42	Podbean	68
51	Under The Canopy	Canopy Growth Corporation	Government	9	Spotify for Podcasters	53
52	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
53	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia QP Podcast	Hansard Services	Government	101	Podbean	37
54	Impôlogie – Le balado officiel de l'Agence du revenu du Canada	Agence du revenu du Canada	Government	16	Unknown	32
55	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
56	Migration Conversations	Jamie Liew	Government	61	Simplecast	63
57	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
58	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
59	Calgary Conversations	The City of Calgary	Government	25	Spotify for Podcasters	48
60	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
61	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
62	For the Record with Daniel Fontaine & Paul Minhas	Daniel Fontaine	Government	143	RedCircle	48
63	In-House – Canada's Housing Podcast	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation	Government	30	Buzzsprout	32
64	OttaTalk	City of Ottawa	Government	17	Buzzsprout	68
65	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	38
66	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
67	Red Lines	BBC Radio Ulster	Government	255	BBC	28
68	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
69	The First Sixteen	Agriculture and Agri-food Canada	Government	40	Spotify for Podcasters	33
70	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
71	Nonpartisan Hacks	Joel Grenz and Sean Wood	Government	32	Unknown	59
72	Trust and Trade	American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section	Government	66	Transistor	58
73	Discover Library and Archives Canada	Library and Archives Canada	Government	100	Transistor	58
74	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	216	Megaphone	49
75	Scope Conditions Podcast	Alan Jacobs and Yang-Yang Zhou	Government	37	Buzzsprout	67
76	TwinTalk Politics	Jerry and Jason Song	Government	46	Spotify for Podcasters	48
77	Dialogue Over Division	Eva Chipiuk	Government	49	Spotify for Podcasters	53
78	Pas si beige que ça!	Assemblée nationale du Québec	Government	13	Soundcloud	64
79	Urban Planning is Not Boring	Samantha Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata	Government	53	Castos	58
80	Fully Involved Firefighting	Fully Involved Firefighting	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	Audio Briefs	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	1465	Megaphone	43
82	Inside Cyber Diplomacy	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	37	Megaphone	43
83	NATO’s Road to Madrid	Center for Strategic and International Studies \| CSIS	Government	13	Megaphone	54
84	Beyond Aid	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	12	Megaphone	53
85	Intersections: Where Human Rights and Democracy Meet	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	11	Megaphone	53
86	Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government & Organizations	175	Megaphone	43
87	Big Take, Midterms 2026	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	8	Omny Studio	48
88	Le Balado MUNIcipal	Espace MUNI	Government & Organizations	6	Unknown	73
89	Defense 2020	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	30	Megaphone	49
90	This Does Not Compute	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	79	Megaphone	43
91	Theories of Change	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	7	Megaphone	53
92	ModeShift	Via	Government	18	Simplecast	73
93	The Engine Room of Democracy	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	15	Megaphone	38
94	Industrynama	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	6	Megaphone	43
95	Reset The Table	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	29	Megaphone	43
96	49	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	37	Megaphone	59
97	Tech Unmanned	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	17	Megaphone	59
98	Pandemic Planet	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	43	Megaphone	53
99	Follow This Thread: Made in Xinjiang?	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	3	Megaphone	43
100	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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