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Apple Podcasts · United States · Sep 13, 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

Roman Civil War: Master of the Republic (Part 4)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 10 min

#2

EP:61 - The Terror Wars Rage On

Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton · 1 h 33 min

#3

Talent, Time and Money: The Curse of General Magic

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 38 min

#4

Blindspot: The Road to 9/11

HISTORY This Week · 1 h 45 min

#5

History of Tea: Britain’s stolen brew

You're Dead to Me · 54 min

#6

Mania for Subjugation IV

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History · 4 h 01 min

#7

Ivan the Terrible

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

#8

Hollywood Actor Shares Wild Alien Encounter Stories - Thomas Jane | ep. 101

AREA52 - DEBRIEFED With Chris Ramsay · 2 h 49 min

#9

Sword in the Stone: Origins of Arthurian Legends

Gone Medieval · 51 min

#10

Roman Civil War: Marching on the Senate (Part 3)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 13 min

#11

SYMHC Classics: Flexner Report

Stuff You Missed in History Class · 39 min

#12

How baseball got its beat

Throughline · 32 min

New in History

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

#70 newNever Forget 9/11: Reflections from the FDNYNever Forget 9/11: Reflections from the FDNY

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

▲ 1 2

The Team House

dee takos

▼ 1 3

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

— 4

American Scandal

Audible

— 5

The Ancients

History Hit

▲ 2 6

Throughline

NPR

▼ 1 7

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▼ 1 8

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

— 9

American History Tellers

Audible

— 10

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

— 11

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

— 12

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

— 13

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▲ 2 14

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▼ 1 15

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▲ 4 16

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▲ 2 17

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▲ 4 18

History Daily

History Daily

▼ 4 19

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 4 20

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▲ 2 21

Long Shadow

Long Lead & PRX

▼ 4 22

Short History Of...

NOISER

▲ 3 23

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▲ 4 24

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

▼ 8 25

Blindspot

The HISTORY® Channel and WNYC Studios

▲ 18 26

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▲ 5 27

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▲ 1 28

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 4 29

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▼ 9 30

American History Hit

History Hit

▼ 4 31

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▲ 1 32

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▲ 3 33

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▼ 4 34

Zero Hour: A History of 9/11

David de Sola

▼ 1 35

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 5 36

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

History Hit

— 37

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

— 38

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

— 39

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▲ 2 40

Real Dictators

NOISER

▼ 1 41

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

▼ 7 42

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▼ 2 43

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▲ 2 44

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

— 45

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▼ 3 46

Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

▲ 77 47

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▲ 1 48

The Spy Who

Audible

▼ 2 49

9/11 Stories: Remembering September 11th, 2001

Q104.3 (WAXQ-FM)

▼ 2 50

British Scandal

Audible

▲ 1

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