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Apple Podcasts · United States · Sep 23, 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: How The French Revolution Collapsed Into Chaos (Part 1)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 25 min

#2

Varsity Blues | Setting the Standard

American Scandal · 37 min

#3

The Woman of Canossa Castle

Noble Blood · 30 min

#4

212: The European Theater, 1943

History That Doesn't Suck · 1 h 01 min

#5

Ep. 02: Wait, Gunfighters Came From Where?

Gunfighters · 27 min

#6

The Habsburg Dynasty: The Most Inbred Family in History

Right Answers Mostly · 1 h 12 min

#7

Iraq Invades Iran

History Daily · 16 min

#8

Get Ready With Marie Antoinette

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · 1 h 03 min

#9

Lore 315: All Shook Up

Lore · 26 min

#10

The KJV is a Literary Masterpiece, and a Disaster Study Bible

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman · 44 min

#11

The Middle East After America?

School of War · 48 min

#12

The Party Planner

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities · 9 min

New in History

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

#34 newChurch History for EveryoneChurch History for Everyone #68 newPetticoat RevolutionPetticoat Revolution #92 newWhat the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter RoyWhat the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

The Team House

dee takos

▲ 1 2

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

▼ 1 3

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

▲ 102 4

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

▼ 1 5

American Scandal

Audible

▲ 1 6

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▼ 2 7

The Ancients

History Hit

▼ 2 8

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

▼ 1 9

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

— 10

American History Tellers

Audible

— 11

Throughline

NPR

▼ 3 12

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

— 13

Short History Of...

NOISER

▼ 2 14

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▲ 7 15

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▼ 2 16

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▼ 2 17

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

— 18

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▲ 8 19

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▼ 1 20

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▼ 4 21

History Daily

History Daily

▲ 3 22

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▲ 5 23

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▼ 3 24

American History Hit

History Hit

▼ 9 25

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▼ 6 26

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

▲ 2 27

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

History Hit

▲ 4 28

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

▲ 5 29

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▼ 7 30

Gunfighters

MeatEater

▲ 9 31

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▼ 2 32

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▼ 9 33

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▼ 8 34

Church History for Everyone

Clearly Reformed

▲ 35 35

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▲ 8 36

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▼ 2 37

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 2 38

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▼ 8 39

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▼ 2 40

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▲ 1 41

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 1 42

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▼ 6 43

Dark History

Audioboom Studios

▲ 1 44

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▼ 6 45

The Spy Who

Audible

▲ 4 46

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▼ 4 47

Plagues with Dr. Keith

Keith Sumey, MD

▼ 15 48

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▼ 1 49

Hot History

Hot History Production

▲ 8 50

Real Dictators

NOISER

▼ 5

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Top History podcasts today

Here, you'll get the ultimate snapshot of the most popular history shows in the United States. Updated daily, this chart is based on Apple's rankings and shows which podcasts dominate the genre.
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