Triton Digital releases inaugural Canada Podcast Report

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Triton Digital has released its inaugural Canada Podcast Report. The ranker shows the top downloaded podcasts overall, top Canadian English-language and French-language shows, as well as top networks in the country. For Canadian podcasts, CBC Radio’s The Current ▸ is #1 in English (and CBC run 28 of the top 30); Radio-Canada’s Le Radiojournal ▸ is the #1 in French (they run 14 of the top 30). Overall, Dateline NBC ▸ was the #1 show in the country. It measures thirteen participating publishers.
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