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Apple Podcasts · United States · Sep 4, 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

Why American public schools are still broken

Throughline · 36 min

#2

Roman Civil War: The Barbarian Invasion (Part 2)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 18 min

#3

Egypt's Lost Cities

The Ancients · 59 min

#4

Roman Civil War: Rise of the General (Part 1)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 13 min

#5

Vineyard Misadventure: Long Crawl Out

Real Survival Stories · 47 min

#6

The Rise & Fall of Babylon

Dan Snow's History Hit · 48 min

#7

Frederick Douglass Escapes Slavery

History Daily · 16 min

#8

9/11: Could the Attacks Have Been Prevented? (Ep 4)

The Rest Is Classified · 54 min

#9

Vanishing Act

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities · 10 min

#10

The Divided Island of Hispaniola

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More · 15 min

#11

Mania for Subjugation IV

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History · 4 h 01 min

#12

The Wild Story of America's Biggest Traitor

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal · 43 min

New in History

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

#94 newEat, Drink, and Be BuriedEat, Drink, and Be Buried #98 newHistory's Greatest MysteriesHistory's Greatest Mysteries

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

— 2

The Team House

dee takos

— 3

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

— 4

Throughline

NPR

▲ 2 5

American Scandal

Audible

▼ 1 6

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▼ 1 7

The Ancients

History Hit

▲ 1 8

American History Tellers

Audible

▼ 1 9

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

— 10

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

— 11

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▲ 1 12

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▲ 3 13

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▲ 3 14

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▼ 1 15

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▲ 2 16

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▼ 2 17

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▼ 6 18

History Daily

History Daily

— 19

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

— 20

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▲ 23 21

Short History Of...

NOISER

▼ 1 22

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 1 23

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 1 24

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

— 25

American History Hit

History Hit

▲ 2 26

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▲ 6 27

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▼ 2 28

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▼ 5 29

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 3 30

Forever Ago

Brains On Universe

▲ 12 31

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▼ 3 32

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▲ 7 33

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▲ 5 34

The History of English Podcast

Kevin Stroud

▲ 2 35

Master Plan

The Lever & David Sirota

▼ 5 36

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

▲ 8 37

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

▲ 8 38

The Spy Who

Audible

▼ 4 39

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

History Hit

▼ 6 40

British Scandal

Audible

▼ 5 41

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▼ 12 42

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▼ 1 43

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▼ 6 44

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▼ 13 45

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▼ 5 46

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

▲ 3 47

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▲ 1 48

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▼ 2 49

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

▲ 6 50

THIS IS HISTORY — IN CONVERSATION

Sony Music Entertainment

▼ 3

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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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