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 30 Aug 2026

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08/30/2026

Average data

Episodes: 430

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:56:28

Top 5 authors

1. CBC (4 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (4 shows)

3. Audible (3 shows)

4. Apostrophe Podcast Network (3 shows)

5. The New York Times (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Acast (16 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. ART19 (11 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Gloves Off	Gloves Off with Stephen Marche	Society & Culture	33	Acast	84
2	Stuff You Should Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2035	Omny Studio	43
3	The Ezra Klein Show	New York Times Opinion	Society & Culture	536	Simplecast	69
4	Happy Hour with Ina Garten	Vox Media	Society & Culture	3	Megaphone	58
5	The Shawn Ryan Show	Shawn Ryan	Society & Culture	403	Megaphone	53
6	Modern Wisdom	Chris Williamson	Society & Culture	1152	Megaphone	58
7	The Viall Files	Nick Viall	Society & Culture	1316	Libsyn	63
8	The Oprah Podcast	Harpo	Society & Culture	107	ART19	68
9	Ideas	CBC	Society & Culture	236	Triton Digital	53
10	What Now? with Trevor Noah	Trevor Noah	Society & Culture	154	Simplecast	73
11	Radio Rental	Tenderfoot TV & Audacy	Society & Culture	157	WideOrbit	48
12	This American Life	This American Life	Society & Culture	512	Simplecast	38
13	Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly	Apostrophe Podcast Network	Society & Culture	457	Acast	68
14	Behind the Bastards	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	1215	Omny Studio	59
15	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1008	Simplecast	38
16	Ouvre ton jeu avec Marie-Claude Barrette	Umano Productions	Society & Culture	185	Spotify for Podcasters	52
17	Velours	KO Studios	Society & Culture	11	Acast	73
18	Roz & Mocha	Frequency Podcast Network	Society & Culture	1653	Simplecast	53
19	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	261	WideOrbit	48
20	If Books Could Kill	Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri	Society & Culture	126	Buzzsprout	38
21	Better Half with Stas & Vic	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	28	Omny Studio	58
22	OUBLIE PAS TA BROSSE À DENTS - Podcast d’Alexandre Barrette	Alexandre Barrette	Society & Culture	97	Podbean	31
23	Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe	Apostrophe Podcast Network	Society & Culture	173	Acast	73
24	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	157	Acast	43
25	Revisionist History	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	224	Omny Studio	69
26	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	531	ART19	68
27	La vie sociale	La vie sociale	Society & Culture	200	Podbean	62
28	The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant	Vox Media Podcast Network	Society & Culture	115	Megaphone	48
29	Tu devrais consulter	Louise Sigouin et Marie-Hélène Poirier	Society & Culture	12	RSS.com	52
30	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
31	TED Talks Daily	TED	Society & Culture	2169	Acast	43
32	All There Is with Anderson Cooper	CNN Podcasts	Society & Culture	65	Megaphone	42
33	Q with Tom Power	CBC	Society & Culture	1423	Triton Digital	53
34	On s'connait pas tant que ça	Studio SF	Society & Culture	192	Acast	58
35	The Interview	The New York Times	Society & Culture	130	Simplecast	48
36	Diabolical Lies	Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke	Society & Culture	100	Substack	43
37	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	73
38	Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel	Esther Perel Global Media	Society & Culture	227	Megaphone	53
39	Scamfluencers	Audible	Society & Culture	236	ART19	73
40	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
41	The Wirecutter Show	The New York Times	Society & Culture	161	Simplecast	69
42	Against The Odds	Audible	Society & Culture	295	ART19	83
43	Party Pyjama	Party Pyjama	Society & Culture	79	Acast	79
44	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	149	Acast	73
45	On with Kara Swisher	Vox Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	63
46	We Can Do Hard Things	Treat Media and Glennon Doyle	Society & Culture	642	Megaphone	48
47	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
48	Stuff They Don't Want You To Know	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	2028	Omny Studio	53
49	Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)	Team Coco & Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson	Society & Culture	128	Simplecast	68
50	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
51	Québec Nostalgie : le podcast	Québec Nostalgie	Society & Culture	47	RSS.com	41
52	Our Town	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
53	Two Girls One Ghost	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	886	Megaphone	69
54	Philosophize This!	Stephen West	Society & Culture	252	Megaphone	38
55	Shameless	Shameless Media	Society & Culture	1000	Megaphone	68
56	Modern Love	The New York Times	Society & Culture	509	Simplecast	63
57	I've Had It	Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan	Society & Culture	400	Megaphone	48
58	Hey Jonas!	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	48
59	Wait a Second... Feed not publicly shared by the creator	The Ringer	Society & Culture	33	N/A	N/A
60	U Up?	Betches Media	Society & Culture	975	Megaphone	64
61	So Supernatural	Audiochuck \| Crime House	Society & Culture	210	Simplecast	32
62	Dear Hank & John	Complexly	Society & Culture	464	ART19	73
63	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
64	Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud	CBC	Society & Culture	677	Triton Digital	32
65	The Town with Matthew Belloni	The Ringer	Society & Culture	677	Megaphone	42
66	Chicks in the Office	Barstool Sports	Society & Culture	910	Unknown	53
67	Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari	Dear Media	Society & Culture	152	ART19	52
68	Khloé in Wonder Land	Khloé Kardashian	Society & Culture	54	ART19	63
69	Conversations with Coleman Details temporarily unavailable	This Is 42	Society & Culture	260	Simplecast	58
70	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
71	The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	301	Omny Studio	83
72	Mark Narrations - Reddit Stories	Mark B	Society & Culture	2000	Acast	53
73	EXTRAS	Studio SF	Society & Culture	10	Acast	53
74	Oprah's Super Soul	Oprah	Society & Culture	635	Acast	38
75	Dear Shandy	Sharleen Joynt & Andy Levine	Society & Culture	492	ART19	63
76	Timcast IRL	Timcast Media	Society & Culture	1731	Libsyn	53
77	Elles - Le balado	Marilou et Catherine	Society & Culture	113	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	Contact - avec Stéphan Bureau	Les Productions de la Tête Chercheuse Inc.	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	68
79	Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast	TMG Studios	Society & Culture	447	ART19	41
80	The Sunday Magazine	CBC	Society & Culture	92	Triton Digital	43
81	We Regret To Inform You: The Rejection Podcast	Apostrophe Podcast Network	Society & Culture	157	Acast	73
82	nuances	Marilou Martineau	Society & Culture	61	Buzzsprout	58
83	Heavyweight	Pushkin Industries	Society & Culture	132	Omny Studio	63
84	A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein	Matt Bernstein	Society & Culture	83	Megaphone	42
85	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
86	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	103	PRX	64
87	Boyfriend Material with Harry Jowsey	Unwell	Society & Culture	134	Simplecast	63
88	CreepCast	Wendigoon & MeatCanyon	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	38
89	Literally! With Rob Lowe	Stitcher & Team Coco, Rob Lowe	Society & Culture	369	Simplecast	58
90	The Nerve with Maureen Callahan	MK Media	Society & Culture	195	Simplecast	62
91	Au-delà du Visible	Break Média Inc	Society & Culture	32	Acast	79
92	It's Been a Minute	NPR	Society & Culture	1254	Simplecast	69
93	The Gray Area with Sean Illing	Vox	Society & Culture	801	Megaphone	58
94	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	136	N/A	N/A
95	The Best People with Nicolle Wallace	MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace	Society & Culture	86	Simplecast	47
96	Pop Apologists	PodcastOne	Society & Culture	310	ART19	38
97	Transfert	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	702	Audion	83
98	Aujourd'hui l'histoire	Radio-Canada	Society & Culture	103	Triton Digital	49
99	We call her Emma	The Observer	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
100	The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby	Matt & Abby \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	193	Megaphone	37

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Canada

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