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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 25, 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

Bronze Age Syria: Cradle of Cities

The Ancients · 1 h 03 min

#3

The Pedlar and the Witch | Halloween Season

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 39 min

#4

The dramatic race to discover Insulin

Throughline · 37 min

#5

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

Noble Blood · 53 min

#6

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

The Rest Is History ·

#7

SYMHC Classics: William Palmer

Stuff You Missed in History Class · 34 min

#8

Halloween Listener Special

You're Wrong About · 1 h 01 min

#9

Origins of Constantinople

The Ancients · 58 min

#10

Lore Alive 4: Peg & Button

Lore · 25 min

#11

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

The Rest Is History · 1 h 11 min

#12

Mania for Subjugation IV

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History · 4 h 01 min

New in History

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

#68 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

▲ 1 7

American Scandal

Audible

▲ 1 8

Throughline

NPR

▼ 2 9

American History Tellers

Audible

— 10

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

— 11

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

— 12

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

— 13

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▲ 4 14

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

▼ 1 15

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

— 16

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 2 17

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▼ 3 18

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▲ 2 19

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▼ 3 20

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▲ 2 21

History Daily

History Daily

▼ 2 22

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▼ 1 23

Short History Of...

NOISER

▲ 1 24

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▲ 1 25

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▲ 3 26

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▼ 3 27

American History Hit

History Hit

▼ 1 28

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 1 29

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▲ 2 30

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

History Hit

— 31

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▲ 9 32

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 3 33

Real Dictators

NOISER

— 34

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▼ 2 35

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▼ 1 36

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▲ 1 37

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▼ 1 38

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 3 39

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▲ 5 40

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

▼ 1 41

The Spy Who

Audible

▲ 4 42

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

— 43

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

— 44

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers, Greg Young

▲ 12 45

Gunfighters

MeatEater

▼ 4 46

Celebrity Ghost Stories

A&E | Rewind Studios

▼ 8 47

Dark History

Audioboom Studios

▼ 1 48

پادکست رخ

Rokh Podcast

▲ 22 49

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▼ 1 50

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 12

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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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