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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 26, 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

Bronze Age Syria: Cradle of Cities

The Ancients · 1 h 03 min

#2

King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend (Part 4)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 06 min

#3

The Suez Crisis: Anarchy in the Middle East (Part 1)

The Rest Is History ·

#4

The Pedlar and the Witch | Halloween Season

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 39 min

#5

SYMHC Classics: William Palmer

Stuff You Missed in History Class · 34 min

#6

The dramatic race to discover Insulin

Throughline · 37 min

#7

The Fastball

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

#8

The Fall of the Aztecs: How Did the Aztec Empire Fall So Fast?

Sleepy History · 53 min

#9

The Secret Lives of Snape Wives [from Very Special Episodes]

Noble Blood · 53 min

#10

Mania for Subjugation IV

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History · 4 h 01 min

#11

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

The Rest Is History · 1 h 11 min

#12

Halloween Listener Special

You're Wrong About · 1 h 01 min

New in History

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

#72 newThe Vardø Witch TrialsThe Vardø Witch Trials

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

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

— 5

The Ancients

History Hit

— 6

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

— 7

American Scandal

Audible

— 8

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▲ 2 9

American History Tellers

Audible

— 10

Throughline

NPR

▼ 2 11

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▲ 1 12

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▼ 1 13

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

— 14

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▲ 1 15

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 1 16

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

▼ 2 17

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

— 18

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

— 19

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▲ 3 20

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▼ 1 21

Short History Of...

NOISER

▲ 2 22

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▼ 2 23

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▲ 1 24

History Daily

History Daily

▼ 3 25

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

— 26

American History Hit

History Hit

▲ 1 27

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▼ 1 28

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▲ 3 29

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

— 30

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 2 31

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▲ 8 32

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

History Hit

▼ 2 33

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▲ 1 34

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▲ 2 35

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 3 36

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▲ 1 37

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▼ 2 38

Real Dictators

NOISER

▼ 5 39

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 1 40

پادکست رخ

Rokh Podcast

▲ 8 41

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 9 42

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▲ 20 43

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers, Greg Young

▲ 1 44

The Spy Who

Audible

▼ 3 45

Celebrity Ghost Stories

A&E | Rewind Studios

▲ 1 46

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

▼ 4 47

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▼ 4 48

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

▼ 8 49

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

— 50

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▲ 2

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