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Apple Podcasts · United States · Sep 18, 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

How two swing states changed American voting

Throughline · 50 min

#2

Queen Victoria’s Revenge: Storming the Citadel (Part 2)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 13 min

#3

Ice Age America: The Clovis Culture

The Ancients · 57 min

#4

The Rotten End of Henry VIII

Not Just the Tudors · 54 min

#5

Queen Victoria’s Revenge: The Mad Emperor of Abyssinia (Part 1)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 10 min

#6

Cruise Liner on Fire: Typhoon Incoming

Real Survival Stories · 48 min

#7

Lindsay Lohan, Part 2

The C-Word · 1 h 58 min

#8

How Grim Were Victorian Slums?

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal · 53 min

#9

Jefferson & the Revolutionary War

American History Hit · 41 min

#10

The Uprising: Why the Peasants Loved Their King (w/ Paul Greengrass and Dan Jones)

HISTORY This Week · 29 min

#11

The Signing of the Camp David Accords

History Daily · 16 min

#12

Mania for Subjugation IV

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History · 4 h 01 min

New in History

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

#50 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

— 2

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

— 3

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

— 4

Plagues with Dr. Keith

Keith Sumey, MD

▲ 2 5

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

▼ 1 6

American Scandal

Audible

▼ 1 7

The Ancients

History Hit

▲ 1 8

Throughline

NPR

▲ 5 9

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▼ 2 10

American History Tellers

Audible

▼ 1 11

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▼ 1 12

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▲ 2 13

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

▼ 2 14

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▼ 2 15

Gunfighters

MeatEater

— 16

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▲ 7 17

History Daily

History Daily

▲ 3 18

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▲ 9 19

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▲ 7 20

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▼ 4 21

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▼ 2 22

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 7 23

Short History Of...

NOISER

▼ 5 24

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

— 25

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▼ 4 26

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▼ 1 27

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▼ 10 28

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 6 29

American History Hit

History Hit

▲ 1 30

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▼ 2 31

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▲ 17 32

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▼ 1 33

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

▲ 3 34

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▼ 1 35

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▼ 1 36

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▲ 9 37

Real Dictators

NOISER

▼ 5 38

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

History Hit

▼ 3 39

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▼ 2 40

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▼ 2 41

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▲ 1 42

The Spy Who

Audible

▼ 2 43

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▼ 2 44

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

— 45

British Scandal

Audible

▲ 1 46

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

▲ 13 47

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

▲ 5 48

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▲ 5 49

Ask Haviv Anything

Haviv Rettig Gur

▼ 6 50

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

▼ 11

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Top History podcasts today

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