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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 11, 2026

Best History Podcasts

The top 100 History shows on the Apple Podcasts chart (US), plus the episodes trending right now.

Trending History episodes

The episodes everyone is playing today. Tap to listen.

#1

The Terror: The Fall of Robespierre (Part 6)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 36 min

#2

When Aliens Landed in Wiltshire | Halloween Season

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 38 min

#3

Scottish Supernatural Beliefs: witches, ghosts and fairies in the early modern period

You're Dead to Me · 58 min

#4

152: Is Israeli society tearing itself apart? With Micah Goodman

Ask Haviv Anything · 1 h 09 min

#5

Four Seasons of Ceasefire in Gaza

Throughline · 43 min

#6

#27 Enemy: The Germans' War, ep. 3 - The Fighting Man

The Martyr Made Podcast · 5 h 20 min

#7

The History of Helicopters

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More · 16 min

#8

Lore Alive 2: In Dreams

Lore · 23 min

#9

Mania for Subjugation IV

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History · 4 h 01 min

#10

SYMHC Classics: Giordano Bruno

Stuff You Missed in History Class · 35 min

#11

Ancient Antarctica

The Ancients · 57 min

#12

Did Alfred Burn the Cakes? & Other Medieval Myths

Gone Medieval · 54 min

New in History

Brand new shows that entered this chart within two weeks of launch.

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The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

— 2

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

— 3

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

— 4

The Ancients

History Hit

▲ 1 5

American Scandal

Audible

▼ 1 6

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

▲ 1 7

American History Tellers

Audible

▲ 1 8

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▲ 1 9

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

▼ 3 10

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▲ 1 11

Throughline

NPR

▼ 1 12

The Team House

dee takos

▲ 5 13

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▼ 1 14

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▼ 1 15

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▲ 3 16

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▼ 2 17

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 4 18

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▼ 3 19

Short History Of...

NOISER

▲ 4 20

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▲ 2 21

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▲ 3 22

History Daily

History Daily

▼ 6 23

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▼ 4 24

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▲ 5 25

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▲ 2 26

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▲ 5 27

American History Hit

History Hit

▼ 2 28

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▲ 4 29

Hot History

Hot History Production

▲ 7 30

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▼ 4 31

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 3 32

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 2 33

Gunfighters

MeatEater

▼ 13 34

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

History Hit

— 35

Celebrity Ghost Stories

A&E | Rewind Studios

▼ 2 36

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▲ 1 37

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▲ 2 38

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▲ 4 39

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▼ 4 40

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

— 41

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

— 42

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▼ 4 43

Ask Haviv Anything

Haviv Rettig Gur

▲ 7 44

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers, Greg Young

▲ 16 45

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▲ 12 46

Dark History

Audioboom Studios

— 47

Forever Ago

Brains On Universe

▲ 14 48

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

▼ 4 49

Calm History (not A.I. & no loud ads) - Bedtime Sleep Stories for Education & Relaxation

Harris | ASMR & Insomnia Network

▲ 5 50

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 12

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