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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 23, 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: The Truth Behind the Legend (Part 4)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 06 min

#2

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

Sleepy History · 53 min

#3

The dramatic race to discover Insulin

Throughline · 37 min

#4

Origins of Constantinople

The Ancients · 58 min

#5

The Pedlar and the Witch | Halloween Season

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 39 min

#6

Battle of Agincourt

Gone Medieval · 1 h 08 min

#7

Particle Accelerators

In Our Time · 52 min

#8

Lore Alive 4: Peg & Button

Lore · 25 min

#9

Ancient Rome's Biggest Sex Scandal

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · 47 min

#10

The World in the Year 1

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

#11

Boss Tweed and His Gilded Age House of Corruption (Rewind)

The Bowery Boys: New York City History · 55 min

#12

Takeover of Alcatraz Island

American History Hit · 1 h 11 min

New in History

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

#90 newInvisible History with Dr. Margarita Lila RosaInvisible History with Dr. Margarita Lila Rosa

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

— 4

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

— 5

The Ancients

History Hit

▲ 3 6

Throughline

NPR

▲ 5 7

American Scandal

Audible

▼ 1 8

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

▼ 3 9

American History Tellers

Audible

— 10

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▼ 3 11

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

▼ 1 12

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▲ 1 13

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▼ 1 14

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

— 15

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▲ 5 16

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

— 17

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▲ 2 18

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

— 19

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▼ 2 20

History Daily

History Daily

▲ 1 21

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▲ 1 22

Short History Of...

NOISER

▼ 7 23

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▲ 2 24

American History Hit

History Hit

▲ 5 25

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▼ 1 26

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▲ 6 27

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▲ 23 28

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▲ 2 29

Real Dictators

NOISER

▲ 2 30

Celebrity Ghost Stories

A&E | Rewind Studios

▼ 3 31

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▼ 8 32

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 4 33

Gunfighters

MeatEater

▼ 7 34

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

History Hit

▲ 2 35

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▼ 2 36

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▲ 9 37

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▲ 5 38

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▼ 4 39

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▼ 2 40

Ask Haviv Anything

Haviv Rettig Gur

▼ 5 41

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

▲ 8 42

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▼ 4 43

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

▲ 4 44

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▲ 2 45

Dark History

Audioboom Studios

▼ 1 46

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▼ 6 47

The Spy Who

Audible

▼ 4 48

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▼ 9 49

Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story

Apple TV / AT WILL MEDIA

▼ 8 50

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▲ 1

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Top History podcasts today

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