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QUICK READ November 28, 2023

Apple shares the most popular podcasts of 2023

When people want to know which podcasts others are listening to, they open Apple Podcasts. It’s the best way to discover and enjoy podcasts and support the creators who make them, with millions of shows covering practically every topic. Apple Podcasts also features thousands of premium podcasts, so when fans are looking for the ultimate experience of their favourite show, they can easily find it and listen on their iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch with AirPods.
Today, Apple shared the most popular podcasts of 2023, with year-end charts localized for listeners in nearly 100 countries and regions. The 2023 charts are available in the Browse tab through the end of the year, and include the top podcasts overall, the top new shows that debuted this year, the most followed shows, the most shared shows and episodes, and the top free and subscriber channels. Listeners in over 15 markets can also explore Shows We Love, a curated collection of standout narrative and episodic series that resonated with listeners this year. And stay tuned: Apple Podcasts will reveal the Show of the Year on Tuesday, December 5.
Here are the most popular podcasts of 2023 in Canada:
Top Shows
  1. SmartLess
  2. Dateline NBC
  3. The Daily
  4. Huberman Lab
  5. Canadian True Crime
  6. On Purpose with Jay Shetty
  7. Crime Junkie
  8. Stuff You Should Know
  9. Spittin Chiclets
  10. The Mel Robbins Podcast
Top New Shows
  1. Scamanda
  2. Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
  3. The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman
  4. The Retrievals
  5. The Girl in the Blue Mustang
  6. Murder & Magnolias
  7. The Coldest Case In Laramie
  8. The Girlfriends
  9. Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe
  10. Murder in Apartment 12
Most Followed Shows
  1. Huberman Lab
  2. SmartLess
  3. The Mel Robbins Podcast
  4. On Purpose with Jay Shetty
  5. Scamanda
  6. Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
  7. Dateline NBC
  8. The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
  9. Suspicion | The Billionaire Murders: The hunt for the killers of Honey and Barry Sherman
  10. The Retrievals
Most Shared Shows
  1. Huberman Lab
  2. The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling
  3. Scamanda
  4. The Retrievals
  5. The Mel Robbins Podcast
  6. SmartLess
  7. The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman
  8. Sold a Story
  9. Suspicion | The Billionaire Murders: The hunt for the killers of Honey and Barry Sherman
  10. Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Most Shared Episodes
  1. Huberman Lab: “What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health”
  2. SmartLess: “Wayne Gretzky”
  3. Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus: “Julia Gets Wise with Jane Fonda”
  4. The Mel Robbins Podcast: “The ‘Let Them Theory’: A Life Changing Mindset Hack That 15 Million People Can’t Stop Talking About”
  5. The Daily: “The Online Search Wars Got Scary. Fast.”
  6. Sexe Oral: “La maturité affective avec Sarah Hamel”
  7. We Can Do Hard Things: “Why We Love the Way We Love: Attachment Styles with Dr. Becky Kennedy
  8. On Purpose with Jay Shetty: “Mel Robbins ON: Letting Go of Negative Thoughts & Redirecting Your Energy to Self Transformation”
  9. The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling: “Plotted In Darkness”
  10. The Retrievals: “The Patients”
Top Free Channels
  1. iHeartPodcasts
  2. The New York Times
  3. Barstool Sports
  4. Scicomm Media
  5. Curiouscast
  6. audiochuck
  7. Dear Media
  8. Serial
  9. Sportsnet
  10. Team Coco
Top Subscriber Channels
  1. Wondery
  2. Dateline NBC
  3. Pushkin
  4. CBC True Crime
  5. Canadian True Crime
  6. BBC Podcasts
  7. TED Audio Collective
  8. Lemonada
  9. iHeart True Crime
  10. CBC STORIES

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