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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 31, 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

The Suez Crisis: Britain's Shattered Empire (Part 2)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 16 min

#2

Why Miners See Ghosts | Halloween Season

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 37 min

#3

Shadows, war, and finding Moomin joy

Throughline · 51 min

#4

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

The Rest Is History · 1 h 26 min

#5

Lore Alive 5: In the Next Room

Lore · 21 min

#6

Salem’s First Witch Trial

HISTORY This Week · 28 min

#7

Joseph Stalin’s Reburial

History Daily · 16 min

#8

The Hussite Wars: Bohemia vs. Rome

Gone Medieval · 58 min

#9

CRIME: Hex Hollow: The York Witch Trial

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes · 44 min

#10

London's Gin Craze

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · 38 min

#11

You Might Also Like: The UnBelievable - What Lies Beneath

History's Greatest Mysteries · 42 min

#12

Why Another Iran Strike Looks Inevitable

School of War · 1 h 18 min

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

The Team House

dee takos

— 2

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

— 3

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

— 4

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

— 5

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

— 6

The UnBelievable

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

▲ 10 7

The Ancients

History Hit

▼ 1 8

American History Tellers

Audible Original

— 9

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

▲ 3 10

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

▼ 3 11

American Scandal

Audible Original

▼ 2 12

Throughline

NPR

▼ 2 13

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▼ 2 14

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▼ 1 15

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▼ 1 16

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▼ 1 17

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▲ 2 18

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▲ 5 19

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▲ 2 20

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▲ 4 21

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▼ 4 22

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▲ 6 23

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▼ 5 24

History Daily

History Daily

▲ 2 25

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 3 26

Short History Of...

NOISER

▲ 4 27

Celebrity Ghost Stories

A&E | Rewind Studios

— 28

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▲ 6 29

Yasha

Jeremy Gendelman

▲ 3 30

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 5 31

American History Hit

History Hit

▼ 2 32

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▼ 1 33

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▲ 2 34

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 1 35

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▲ 1 36

Beyond Mount Rushmore

Podcast Playground

▼ 16 37

The Spy Who

Audible Original

— 38

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

History Hit

▲ 10 39

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▲ 3 40

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▲ 1 41

Real Dictators

NOISER

▼ 2 42

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▲ 1 43

School of War

The Free Press

▼ 3 44

Gunfighters

MeatEater

▼ 6 45

Dark History

Audioboom Studios

▼ 1 46

Call 'Em Like Museum with Eric Johnson

LightningPod

▲ 8 47

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

— 48

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▲ 1 49

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▲ 1 50

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▼ 4

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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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This ranking brings together the top 100 history podcasts across the country. Whether a show is focused on ancient civilizations, iconic moments in American history, or fascinating tales from around the globe, you'll find it here if it's trending.
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