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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 8, 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 Terror: Killing God (Part 5)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 16 min

#2

Ellis Island | The Human Tide

American History Tellers · 36 min

#3

The Lost Fortune of the Knights Templar

History's Greatest Mysteries · 40 min

#4

Panic in the Streets: The War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast

Conspiracy Theories · 47 min

#5

The Battle of Lepanto

History Daily · 16 min

#6

CULT: When Prophecy Fails: The Seekers

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes · 43 min

#7

Betrayal and a Tudor in Scotland

Noble Blood · 32 min

#8

Two Screaming Skulls

Stuff You Missed in History Class · 33 min

#9

The History of Ben-Hur

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More · 16 min

#10

#27 Enemy: The Germans' War, ep. 3 - The Fighting Man

The Martyr Made Podcast · 5 h 20 min

#11

Varsity Blues | The Admissions Game

American Scandal · 36 min

#12

Ep. 04: Bloody Texas

Gunfighters · 40 min

New in History

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

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The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

— 2

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

— 3

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

— 4

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

— 5

American Scandal

Audible

— 6

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

— 7

American History Tellers

Audible

▲ 2 8

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

▼ 1 9

The Ancients

History Hit

▼ 1 10

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▲ 1 11

Gunfighters

MeatEater

▼ 1 12

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▲ 1 13

Throughline

NPR

▼ 1 14

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▲ 2 15

Short History Of...

NOISER

▼ 1 16

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▼ 1 17

Gone Medieval

History Hit

— 18

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 4 19

History Daily

History Daily

▲ 6 20

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▼ 1 21

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▲ 13 22

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▼ 1 23

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▲ 4 24

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 6 25

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▼ 5 26

American History Hit

History Hit

▲ 2 27

Celebrity Ghost Stories

A&E | Rewind Studios

▲ 2 28

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▼ 4 29

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▼ 6 30

The Team House

dee takos

▼ 4 31

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

— 32

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▼ 2 33

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▲ 6 34

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▼ 2 35

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

— 36

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

History Hit

— 37

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▲ 4 38

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

▼ 5 39

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

▼ 1 40

Yasha

Jeremy Gendelman

▼ 3 41

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▼ 1 42

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▲ 6 43

Dark History

Audioboom Studios

▲ 4 44

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▼ 1 45

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▲ 1 46

The Martyr Made Podcast

Darryl Cooper

▼ 4 47

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

▲ 5 48

British Scandal

Audible

▲ 15 49

This is History: The Tudors

Sony Music Entertainment

▲ 8 50

The Spy Who

Audible

▲ 1

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Top History podcasts today

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