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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 15, 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

Viking Origins: The Nordic Iron Age

The Ancients · 1 h 07 min

#4

The Real History Behind the Illuminati

Dan Snow's History Hit · 45 min

#5

Eponymous Foods: Full Bars

Stuff You Missed in History Class · 38 min

#6

Ellis Island | Alien Enemies

American History Tellers · 38 min

#7

Tangled Parachute: Hurtling to Earth

Real Survival Stories · 48 min

#8

Legend of the Werewolf

History's Greatest Mysteries · 41 min

#9

Halloween Pranks with Chelsey Weber-Smith

You're Wrong About · 55 min

#10

The Road To Kiev: Trouble At The Top (Part 1)

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk · 57 min

#11

CULT: The Family: Australia's LSD Cult

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes · 42 min

#12

Benedict Arnold | The Hero of Saratoga

American Scandal · 39 min

New in History

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

#18 newThe UnBelievableThe UnBelievable #91 newThe Ministry of Lost Voices : EnglishThe Ministry of Lost Voices : English

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

The Team House

dee takos

▲ 1 2

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

▼ 1 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

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

▲ 1 6

American Scandal

Audible

▼ 1 7

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▲ 3 8

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▲ 6 9

American History Tellers

Audible

— 10

Throughline

NPR

▼ 2 11

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▲ 1 12

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

▼ 5 13

The Ancients

History Hit

▼ 2 14

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▲ 2 15

Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story

Apple TV / AT WILL MEDIA

▲ 4 16

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▼ 3 17

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

— 18

The UnBelievable

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

▲ 6 19

Short History Of...

NOISER

▼ 4 20

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▼ 2 21

Gunfighters

MeatEater

▲ 9 22

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▼ 1 23

History Daily

History Daily

— 24

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▼ 4 25

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 3 26

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▲ 2 27

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 2 28

The Spy Who

Audible

▲ 5 29

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▲ 2 30

Hot History

Hot History Production

▼ 3 31

Celebrity Ghost Stories

A&E | Rewind Studios

▲ 3 32

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▼ 6 33

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▲ 4 34

How to Take Over the World

Ben Wilson

▲ 121 35

The History Podcast

BBC Radio 4

▲ 16 36

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▼ 7 37

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▲ 6 38

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

▼ 2 39

American History Hit

History Hit

▼ 7 40

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▲ 7 41

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▼ 1 42

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▼ 7 43

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▼ 5 44

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

History Hit

▼ 5 45

Our Ancestors Were Messy

Coco Hill Productions

▲ 8 46

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▼ 4 47

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▼ 1 48

Slow Burn

Slate Podcasts

▲ 21 49

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▼ 4 50

Dark History

Audioboom Studios

▼ 1

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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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