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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 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

King Arthur: Lancelot and the Round Table (Part 2)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 06 min

#2

King Arthur: The Once & Future King (Part 1)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 11 min

#3

A Tale of Blood and Ashes: The Exeter Vampires | Halloween Season

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 37 min

#4

Is the death penalty cruel and unusual?

Throughline · 47 min

#5

Viking Origins: The Nordic Iron Age

The Ancients · 1 h 07 min

#6

Lore Alive 3: Under the Rug

Lore · 27 min

#7

The Couple That Spent $650K and 34 Years Researching a REAL UFO Crash

AREA52 - DEBRIEFED With Chris Ramsay · 3 h 30 min

#8

Caravanserais

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

#9

SYMHC Classics: Original Six Impossible Episodes

Stuff You Missed in History Class · 26 min

#10

EP:66 - Saudi vs. Houthi Showdown II

Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton · 1 h 19 min

#11

Saturday Matinee: This American President

History Daily · 48 min

#12

Legend of the Werewolf

History's Greatest Mysteries · 41 min

New in History

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

#28 newThe UnBelievableThe UnBelievable #76 newThe Ministry of Lost Voices : EnglishThe Ministry of Lost Voices : English #92 newThe Vardø Witch TrialsThe Vardø Witch Trials

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

▲ 1 4

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

▼ 1 5

The Ancients

History Hit

▲ 4 6

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

▼ 1 7

American Scandal

Audible

▲ 1 8

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▼ 2 9

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

▲ 5 10

American History Tellers

Audible

— 11

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▼ 4 12

Throughline

NPR

▼ 1 13

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

— 14

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▲ 1 15

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▼ 3 16

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 10 17

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▲ 1 18

Short History Of...

NOISER

▲ 4 19

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▲ 1 20

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▲ 4 21

History Daily

History Daily

▲ 2 22

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▲ 3 23

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▲ 7 24

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▲ 8 25

How to Take Over the World

Ben Wilson

▼ 9 26

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▲ 3 27

Gunfighters

MeatEater

▼ 10 28

The UnBelievable

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

▼ 9 29

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▲ 2 30

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 2 31

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▼ 4 32

American History Hit

History Hit

▲ 1 33

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▲ 2 34

The Spy Who

Audible

▲ 3 35

Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story

Apple TV / AT WILL MEDIA

▼ 14 36

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▲ 5 37

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 3 38

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

History Hit

▲ 5 39

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▼ 1 40

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▲ 2 41

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▼ 1 42

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▲ 4 43

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▲ 2 44

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▲ 11 45

Hot History

Hot History Production

▼ 9 46

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

Harris | ASMR & Insomnia Network

▲ 2 47

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

▲ 6 48

Dark History

Audioboom Studios

▼ 1 49

Celebrity Ghost Stories

A&E | Rewind Studios

▼ 10 50

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▲ 7

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Top History podcasts today

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