Apple Podcast Rankings - Canada - Society & Culture

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 Aug 2026

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08/31/2026

Average data

Episodes: 420

Frequency: every 9 days

Duration: 00:54:50

Top 5 authors

1. CBC (4 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

3. Apostrophe Podcast Network (3 shows)

4. Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher (3 shows)

5. The New York Times (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (21 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. ART19 (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Gloves Off	Gloves Off with Stephen Marche	Society & Culture	21	Acast	94
2	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2036	Omny Studio	49
3	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	522	Simplecast	69
4	Happy Hour with Ina Garten	Vox Media	Society & Culture	1	N/A	N/A
5	Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly	Apostrophe Podcast Network	Society & Culture	433	Acast	68
6	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1139	Megaphone	58
7	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	386	Megaphone	59
8	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	98	ART19	68
9	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1277	Libsyn	69
10	Ideas	CBC	Society & Culture	223	Triton Digital	53
11	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
12	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	73
13	Ouvre ton jeu avec Marie-Claude Barrette	Umano Productions	Society & Culture	177	Spotify for Podcasters	52
14	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	151	Megaphone	53
15	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1173	Omny Studio	59
16	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1001	Simplecast	38
17	Velours	KO Studios	Society & Culture	9	Acast	73
18	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	153	Acast	43
19	OUBLIE PAS TA BROSSE À DENTS - Podcast d’Alexandre Barrette	Alexandre Barrette	Society & Culture	92	Podbean	31
20	Roz & Mocha	Frequency Podcast Network	Society & Culture	1626	Simplecast	53
21	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	249	Megaphone	43
22	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	290	Audioboom	37
23	Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe	Apostrophe Podcast Network	Society & Culture	169	Acast	73
24	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	123	Buzzsprout	38
25	Revisionist History: The Staten Island Problem	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	212	Omny Studio	63
26	TED Talks Daily	TED	Education	2157	PRX	39
27	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	423	Megaphone	63
28	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	123	Simplecast	63
29	The Sunday Magazine	CBC	Society & Culture	83	Triton Digital	43
30	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	522	ART19	68
31	La vie sociale	La vie sociale	Society & Culture	195	Podbean	62
32	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	111	Megaphone	48
33	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	63	Megaphone	48
34	Better Half with Stas & Vic	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	27	Omny Studio	58
35	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	291	ART19	83
36	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	98	Substack	43
37	Tu devrais consulter	Louise Sigouin et Marie-Hélène Poirier	Society & Culture	12	RSS.com	52
38	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
39	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	224	Megaphone	53
40	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
41	Focus: Adults in the Room	NPR	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	59
42	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	141	ART19	73
43	Q with Tom Power	CBC	Society & Culture	1381	Triton Digital	53
44	Party Pyjama	Party Pyjama	Society & Culture	71	Spotify for Podcasters	33
45	On s'connait pas tant que ça	Studio SF	Society & Culture	183	Simplecast	58
46	The Wirecutter Show	The New York Times	Society & Culture	153	Simplecast	69
47	We call her Emma \| Tortoise Investigates	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	138	Acast	79
48	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
49	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	633	Megaphone	48
50	Shameless	Shameless Media	Society & Culture	896	Megaphone	68
51	Two Girls One Ghost	Two Girls One Ghost	True Crime	867	Audioboom	58
52	Hey Jonas!	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	36	Omny Studio	48
53	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	426	Megaphone	32
54	Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso	iHeartPodcasts and Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	555	Omny Studio	53
55	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	501	Simplecast	59
56	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	123	Simplecast	68
57	EXTRAS	Studio SF	Society & Culture	9	Acast	53
58	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	134	Simplecast	68
59	Québec Nostalgie : le podcast	Québec Nostalgie	Society & Culture	45	RSS.com	41
60	Our Town	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	24	Omny Studio	63
61	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
62	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	296	Omny Studio	83
63	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	457	Simplecast	63
64	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
65	Dear Shandy	Sharleen Joynt & Andy Levine	Society & Culture	481	Megaphone	59
66	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
67	No Stupid Questions	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	335	Simplecast	63
68	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	392	Megaphone	48
69	nuances	Marilou Martineau	Society & Culture	57	Buzzsprout	68
70	Mark Narrations - Reddit Stories	Mark B	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	53
71	Heavyweight	Spotify Studios	Society & Culture	129	Megaphone	59
72	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	206	Simplecast	32
73	Oprah's Super Soul	Oprah	Society & Culture	625	Simplecast	53
74	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	799	Megaphone	64
75	Wait a Second...	The Ringer	Society & Culture	29	N/A	N/A
76	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	120	Megaphone	38
77	Elles - Le balado	Marilou et Catherine	Society & Culture	102	Spotify for Podcasters	53
78	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1090	Simplecast	69
79	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	54	ART19	63
80	Contact - avec Stéphan Bureau	Les Productions de la Tête Chercheuse Inc.	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	68
81	Literally! With Rob Lowe	Stitcher & Team Coco, Rob Lowe	Society & Culture	368	Simplecast	58
82	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	665	Megaphone	42
83	Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud	CBC	Society & Culture	656	Triton Digital	32
84	ReThinking	TED	Society & Culture	217	PRX	54
85	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	10	PRX	59
86	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	79	Simplecast	47
87	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	911	Unknown	59
88	We Regret To Inform You: The Rejection Podcast	Apostrophe Podcast Network	Society & Culture	150	Acast	73
89	Conversations with Coleman	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
90	This is Love	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	153	Megaphone	53
91	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	148	ART19	52
92	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	183	Simplecast	62
93	Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	234	ART19	41
94	A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein	Matt Bernstein	Society & Culture	81	Megaphone	42
95	We call her Emma	The Observer	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
96	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	498	Libsyn	58
97	Aujourd'hui l'histoire	Radio-Canada	Society & Culture	100	Triton Digital	49
98	Offline with Jon Favreau	Crooked Media	Society & Culture	261	Simplecast	59
99	The Gray Area with Sean Illing	Vox	Society & Culture	793	Megaphone	58
100	People I (Mostly) Admire	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	244	Simplecast	63

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