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Apple Podcasts · United States · Nov 7, 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

Revolution in the Soviet Empire: Revenge of the Red Army (Part 2)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 11 min

#2

Health Insurance in America

Throughline · 52 min

#3

Why Milk Cartons "Scared the Bejesus Out of a Generation" - with Roman Mars

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 38 min

#4

Robert the Bruce

Gone Medieval · 1 h 08 min

#5

EP:68 - Trump Bombs Republican Party

Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton · 1 h 30 min

#6

Revolution in the Soviet Empire: The Hungarian Uprising (Part 1)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 26 min

#7

They Located FOUR Extraterrestrial Bases - Dr. Paul Smith | ep.106

AREA52 Podcast With Chris Ramsay · 3 h 08 min

#8

CRIME: The Jamison Family Disappearance

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes · 40 min

#9

The Short and Curly History of Pubic Hair

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · 43 min

#10

Britain's First Homo Sapiens

The Ancients · 53 min

#11

Medieval Saints (Radio Edit)

You're Dead to Me · 28 min

#12

Otto The Great Overthrows The Pope

History Daily · 15 min

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

— 2

Throughline

NPR

— 3

The Ancients

History Hit

— 4

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

▲ 1 5

American Scandal

Audible Original

▼ 1 6

American History Tellers

Audible Original

— 7

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▲ 2 8

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

▼ 1 9

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▼ 1 10

History Daily

History Daily

▲ 3 11

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

— 12

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

— 13

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▲ 4 14

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

▼ 4 15

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▲ 8 16

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▲ 28 17

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 1 18

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 3 19

American History Hit

History Hit

▲ 2 20

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▼ 6 21

Short History Of...

NOISER

▼ 2 22

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▼ 2 23

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▲ 1 24

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 6 25

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▲ 3 26

Real Dictators

NOISER

▼ 4 27

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▼ 2 28

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

History Hit

▲ 7 29

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

— 30

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▲ 3 31

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▼ 5 32

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

▼ 1 33

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▼ 3 34

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▼ 7 35

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▲ 21 36

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

▼ 4 37

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▼ 1 38

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 5 39

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▼ 1 40

British Scandal

Audible Original

▼ 6 41

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 4 42

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▼ 3 43

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

▲ 2 44

This is History: The Tudors

Sony Music Entertainment

▼ 3 45

The Spy Who

Audible Original

▼ 5 46

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▼ 4 47

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers, Greg Young

▲ 30 48

The History of English Podcast

Kevin Stroud

▼ 2 49

The WallBuilders Show

Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

▼ 2 50

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

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Top History podcasts today

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