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 18 Aug 2026

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08/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 366

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:55:16

Top 5 authors

1. CBC (5 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (5 shows)

3. Audible (4 shows)

4. Pushkin Industries (3 shows)

5. Apostrophe Podcast Network (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Simplecast (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (12 shows)

5. ART19 (11 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
2	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	15	Simplecast	38
3	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	400	Megaphone	53
4	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	105	ART19	68
5	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1149	Megaphone	58
6	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	5	Simplecast	69
7	Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly	Apostrophe Podcast Network	Society & Culture	435	Acast	68
8	Tu devrais consulter	Louise Sigouin et Marie-Hélène Poirier	Society & Culture	12	RSS.com	52
9	Ideas	CBC	Society & Culture	234	Triton Digital	53
10	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	153	Simplecast	73
11	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
12	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
13	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1182	Omny Studio	59
14	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	53
15	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	430	Megaphone	63
16	OUBLIE PAS TA BROSSE À DENTS - Podcast d’Alexandre Barrette	Alexandre Barrette	Society & Culture	96	Podbean	31
17	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	156	Acast	43
18	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1207	Libsyn	63
19	Ouvre ton jeu avec Marie-Claude Barrette	Umano Productions	Society & Culture	184	Spotify for Podcasters	52
20	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	304	Megaphone	42
21	On s'connait pas tant que ça	Studio SF	Society & Culture	190	Acast	58
22	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	145	ART19	73
23	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	79	Buzzsprout	38
24	Our Town	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
25	Roz & Mocha	Frequency Podcast Network	Society & Culture	1647	Simplecast	53
26	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	213	Omny Studio	69
27	Elles - Le balado	Marilou et Catherine	Society & Culture	113	Spotify for Podcasters	38
28	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2815	Acast	43
29	Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe	Apostrophe Podcast Network	Society & Culture	172	Acast	73
30	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
31	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
32	Hey Jonas!	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	48
33	Gloves Off	Gloves Off with Stephen Marche	Society & Culture	32	Acast	84
34	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	80	Simplecast	47
35	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
36	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	275	Omny Studio	83
37	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	65	Megaphone	42
38	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	290	ART19	83
39	Two Girls One Ghost	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	849	Megaphone	69
40	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
41	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	133	WideOrbit	48
42	Party Pyjama	Party Pyjama	Society & Culture	78	Acast	79
43	La vie sociale	La vie sociale	Society & Culture	198	Podbean	62
44	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
45	The Gray Area with Sean Illing	Vox	Society & Culture	799	Megaphone	58
46	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	127	Omny Studio	63
47	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	100	Substack	43
48	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	114	Megaphone	48
49	Brand Safe	Tana Mongeau	Society & Culture	21	Audioboom	63
50	The Sunday Magazine	CBC	Society & Culture	89	Triton Digital	43
51	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	640	Megaphone	48
52	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	141	Megaphone	68
53	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
54	Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	562	ART19	48
55	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	123	Megaphone	38
56	We Regret To Inform You: The Rejection Podcast	Apostrophe Podcast Network	Society & Culture	156	Acast	73
57	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
58	We call her Emma	The Observer	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
59	Artifacts of Grief	Snack Labs	Society & Culture	14	Acast	63
60	Au-delà du Visible	Break Média Inc	Society & Culture	31	Acast	79
61	Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud	CBC	Society & Culture	672	Triton Digital	32
62	Contact - avec Stéphan Bureau	Les Productions de la Tête Chercheuse Inc.	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	68
63	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	127	Simplecast	68
64	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
65	Shameless	Shameless Media	Society & Culture	905	Megaphone	68
66	Philosophie pour tous	Le Précepteur	Society & Culture	309	Audiomeans	64
67	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	260	WideOrbit	48
68	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	398	Megaphone	48
69	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	433	Megaphone	32
70	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
71	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
72	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	73
73	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	209	Simplecast	32
74	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
75	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	54	ART19	63
76	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	805	Megaphone	64
77	No Stupid Questions	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	339	Simplecast	63
78	Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
79	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
80	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	64	Acast	83
81	Baggage	The Baggage Podcast	Society & Culture	66	Captivate	79
82	Q with Tom Power	CBC	Society & Culture	1410	Triton Digital	53
83	独树不成林 Details temporarily unavailable	鬼鬼祟祟的树	Society & Culture	379	Unknown	43
84	Open Book with Jenna	TODAY, Jenna Bush Hager	Society & Culture	116	Simplecast	68
85	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
86	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	151	ART19	52
87	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
88	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
89	A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein	Matt Bernstein	Society & Culture	83	Megaphone	42
90	Now or Never	CBC	Society & Culture	40	Triton Digital	58
91	Humans	Hank Green	Society & Culture	13	ART19	48
92	Datestable	Vanessa Duchel	Society & Culture	130	Acast	48
93	EXTRAS	Studio SF	Society & Culture	10	Acast	53
94	Pop Apologists	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	309	ART19	38
95	ReThinking	TED	Society & Culture	217	PRX	54
96	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe	Society & Culture	504	Libsyn	52
97	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	192	Megaphone	37
98	Literally! With Rob Lowe	Stitcher & Team Coco, Rob Lowe	Society & Culture	369	Simplecast	58
99	Girls Next Level	Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt	Society & Culture	206	Libsyn	68
100	Solita	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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