Best of the Year

Top pods, favorite new shows, staff picks and more.

Best Canadian Podcasts So Far

In Her Defence: 50th Street
In Her Defence: 50th Street
The Globe and Mail
Love, Janessa
Love, Janessa
CBC + BBC World Service
Expectant
Expectant
Pippa Johnstone
The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman
The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman
Lionsgate Sound & CBC
COMMONS
COMMONS
CANADALAND
Deadman's Curse: Slumach's Gold
Deadman's Curse: Slumach's Gold
Curiouscast
C'est arrivé le...
C'est arrivé le...
QUB radio
Resurrection
Resurrection
Dane Stewart
Let's Not Be Kidding with Gavin Crawford
Let's Not Be Kidding with Gavin Crawford
CBC
Suspicion | The Billionaire Murders: The hunt for the killers of Honey and Barry Sherman
Suspicion | The Billionaire Murders: The hunt for the killers of Honey and Barry Sherman
Toronto Star
Think Queen with Kyne
Think Queen with Kyne
Entertainment One
Our Native Land
Our Native Land
CHEK Podcasts
Huitième île
Huitième île
Éloise Demers-Pinard
In This Economy?!
In This Economy?!
Frequency Podcast Network
32 Thoughts: The Podcast
32 Thoughts: The Podcast
Sportsnet
Over n Out
Over n Out
Victoria Charlton
Le ripou des Hells
Le ripou des Hells
QUB radio
Les Pires Moments de l'Histoire
Les Pires Moments de l'Histoire
URBANIA
Let's Make A Horror
Let's Make A Horror
CBC
The Africas VS. America
The Africas VS. America
CBC

Best New Shows

Bad Dates
Bad Dates
SmartLess Media | Wondery
The Deck Investigates
The Deck Investigates
audiochuck
Bad Friends
Bad Friends
Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee
MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries
MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries
Wondery
Scamanda
Scamanda
Lionsgate Sound
Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Lemonada Media
Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University
Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University
Wondery
The Girlfriends: Our Lost Sister
The Girlfriends: Our Lost Sister
iHeartPodcasts & Novel
The Retrievals
The Retrievals
Serial Productions & The New York Times
Class of '88 with Will Smith
Class of '88 with Will Smith
Audible | Wondery
High Strange
High Strange
Tenderfoot TV & Audacy
The King Road Killings: An Idaho Murder Mystery
The King Road Killings: An Idaho Murder Mystery
ABC News
Search Engine
Search Engine
PJ Vogt, Audacy, Jigsaw
Bars and Nuggets
Bars and Nuggets
Amazon Music
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin
Women Talkin’ ‘Bout Murder
Women Talkin’ ‘Bout Murder
Audacy and Paper Kite Podcasts
McCartney: A Life in Lyrics
McCartney: A Life in Lyrics
iHeartPodcasts and Pushkin Industries
Bombing with Eric Andre
Bombing with Eric Andre
Big Money Players Network and iHeartPodcasts
Gil's Arena
Gil's Arena
Underdog Fantasy
Grown, a podcast from The Moth
Grown, a podcast from The Moth
Grown

Top Shows of the Year

Morbid
Morbid
Morbid Network | Wondery
MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
Ballen Studios
Dateline NBC
Dateline NBC
NBC News
SmartLess
SmartLess
Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett
Crime Junkie
Crime Junkie
audiochuck
Small Town Murder
Small Town Murder
James Pietragallo, Jimmie Whisman
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
Exactly Right Media – the original true crime comedy network
48 Hours
48 Hours
CBS News
20/20
20/20
ABC News
Something Was Wrong
Something Was Wrong
Broken Cycle Media | Wondery
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Oxygen
The Daily
The Daily
The New York Times
The Dan Bongino Show
The Dan Bongino Show
Cumulus Podcast Network | Dan Bongino
Cold
Cold
KSL Podcasts | Wondery
American History Tellers
American History Tellers
Wondery
RedHanded
RedHanded
Wondery | RedHanded
Sounds for Deep Sleep: White Noise, Ambience, Nature Sounds
Sounds for Deep Sleep: White Noise, Ambience, Nature Sounds
Sounds for Deep Sleep
The Ramsey Show
The Ramsey Show
Ramsey Network
Anatomy of Murder
Anatomy of Murder
audiochuck
Distractible
Distractible
Distractible

Critically Acclaimed

SmartLess
SmartLess
Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett
New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce
New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce
Wave Sports + Entertainment
Give Them Lala
Give Them Lala
Lala Kent | Cumulus Podcast Network
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
Theo Von
Pardon My Take
Pardon My Take
Barstool Sports
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
iHeartPodcasts
Dreamtown: The Story of Adelanto
Dreamtown: The Story of Adelanto
Crooked Media
Ghost Story
Ghost Story
Wondery | Pineapple Street Studios
Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu
Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu
Impact Theory
Terrible, Thanks For Asking
Terrible, Thanks For Asking
Feelings & Co.
Think Twice: Michael Jackson
Think Twice: Michael Jackson
Audible | Wondery
R&B Money
R&B Money
The Black Effect and iHeartPodcasts
The Kids of Rutherford County
The Kids of Rutherford County
Serial Productions & The New York Times
The 13th Step
The 13th Step
NHPR
As a Woman
As a Woman
Natalie Crawford, MD
The Big Dig
The Big Dig
GBH

Ones to Watch

Hard Feelings with Jennette McCurdy
Hard Feelings with Jennette McCurdy
Lemonada Media
ICYMI
ICYMI
Slate Podcasts
Post Reports
Post Reports
The Washington Post
Ruined with Alison Leiby and Halle Kiefer
Ruined with Alison Leiby and Halle Kiefer
Crooked Media, Radio Point
The Dough
The Dough
Lemonada Media
Dear Prudence
Dear Prudence
Slate Podcasts
The Deep Dive with Jessica St. Clair and June Diane Raphael
The Deep Dive with Jessica St. Clair and June Diane Raphael
Jessica St. Clair & June Diane Raphael
No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups
No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups
Conviction | Pod People
Trials To Triumphs
Trials To Triumphs
Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins
The 7
The 7
The Washington Post
Consider This from NPR
Consider This from NPR
NPR
Strict Scrutiny
Strict Scrutiny
Crooked Media
Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Kelly Corrigan

Most Followed

MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
Ballen Studios
Morbid
Morbid
Morbid Network | Wondery
Crime Junkie
Crime Junkie
audiochuck
Dateline NBC
Dateline NBC
NBC News
SmartLess
SmartLess
Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett
20/20
20/20
ABC News
48 Hours
48 Hours
CBS News
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
Exactly Right Media – the original true crime comedy network
Something Was Wrong
Something Was Wrong
Broken Cycle Media | Wondery
American History Tellers
American History Tellers
Wondery
NPR News Now
NPR News Now
NPR
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Oxygen
This Is Actually Happening
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
Suspect
Suspect
Wondery | Campside
The Daily
The Daily
The New York Times
Stuff You Should Know
Stuff You Should Know
iHeartPodcasts
American Scandal
American Scandal
Wondery
Anatomy of Murder
Anatomy of Murder
audiochuck
Killer Psyche
Killer Psyche
Wondery | Treefort Media
Cold Case Files
Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne

Most Requested on Alexa

Dateline NBC
Dateline NBC
NBC News
The Dan Bongino Show
The Dan Bongino Show
Cumulus Podcast Network | Dan Bongino
The Daily
The Daily
The New York Times
NPR News Now
NPR News Now
NPR
MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
Ballen Studios
Wow in the World
Wow in the World
Tinkercast | Wondery
Mark Levin Podcast
Mark Levin Podcast
Cumulus Podcast Network
Crime Junkie
Crime Junkie
audiochuck
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
NPR
Joel Osteen Podcast
Joel Osteen Podcast
Joel Osteen, SiriusXM
The Ramsey Show
The Ramsey Show
Ramsey Network
Six Minutes
Six Minutes
GZM Shows
Distractible
Distractible
Distractible
The Glenn Beck Program
The Glenn Beck Program
Blaze Podcast Network
Morbid
Morbid
Morbid Network | Wondery
The Bobby Bones Show
The Bobby Bones Show
Premiere Networks
48 Hours
48 Hours
CBS News
Up First
Up First
NPR
SmartLess
SmartLess
Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett
The Steve Harvey Morning Show
The Steve Harvey Morning Show
Premiere Networks