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Apple Podcasts · United States · Sep 30, 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 Crocodile Hunter with Brianna Bowman

You're Wrong About · 2 h 19 min

#2

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

The Martyr Made Podcast · 5 h 20 min

#3

The Terror: The Execution of Marie Antoinette (Part 3)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 11 min

#4

Varsity Blues | The Admissions Process

American Scandal · 37 min

#5

Forty years of what if

Throughline · 21 min

#6

The Last Plantagenets

Noble Blood · 33 min

#7

How the Middle East Got So Screwed Up, with Simon Sebag Montefiore

School of War · 1 h 14 min

#8

The Terror: The Reign of Robespierre (Part 2)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 30 min

#9

The Gospels: Are They Historical?

The Ancients · 1 h 03 min

#10

The Terror: How The French Revolution Collapsed Into Chaos (Part 1)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 25 min

#11

Ellis Island | Yearning to Breathe Free

American History Tellers · 39 min

#12

Neanderthals

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

New in History

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

#30 newYou Better Win: The History of Ford RacingYou Better Win: The History of Ford Racing #62 newYashaYasha #73 newPetticoat RevolutionPetticoat Revolution #84 newLet The Record ShowLet The Record Show

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

American Scandal

Audible

▲ 2 5

The Ancients

History Hit

▼ 1 6

Throughline

NPR

▲ 4 7

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

▲ 4 8

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

— 9

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▼ 2 10

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

▼ 5 11

American History Tellers

Audible

▼ 2 12

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

— 13

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▲ 2 14

Short History Of...

NOISER

— 15

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▲ 17 16

The Martyr Made Podcast

Darryl Cooper

▲ 15 17

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▼ 4 18

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 2 19

History Daily

History Daily

▲ 1 20

American History Hit

History Hit

▼ 1 21

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▼ 4 22

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

— 23

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▲ 2 24

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▲ 3 25

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▼ 2 26

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▼ 8 27

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 1 28

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▼ 4 29

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▼ 8 30

You Better Win: The History of Ford Racing

Ford Racing

NEW 31

Plagues with Dr. Keith

Keith Sumey, MD

▲ 14 32

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▼ 4 33

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

History Hit

▲ 3 34

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▼ 4 35

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▼ 6 36

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▲ 16 37

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▼ 4 38

Gunfighters

MeatEater

▲ 8 39

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▲ 2 40

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 2 41

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▼ 6 42

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▼ 8 43

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▲ 1 44

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

▼ 5 45

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 8 46

The Spy Who

Audible

▲ 5 47

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▼ 7 48

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

— 49

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▼ 6 50

Real Dictators

NOISER

▼ 8

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