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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 29, 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 Suez Crisis: Britain's Shattered Empire (Part 2)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 16 min

#2

Easter Island

The Ancients · 1 h 04 min

#3

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

The Rest Is History · 1 h 26 min

#4

Shadows, war, and finding Moomin joy

Throughline · 51 min

#5

Why Another Iran Strike Looks Inevitable

School of War · 1 h 18 min

#6

Greely Arctic Expedition | Farthest North

American History Tellers · 39 min

#7

The Haunting Hour

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities · 9 min

#8

Accident on the Farm: Famous Overnight

Real Survival Stories · 45 min

#9

Was Jack the Ripper a Freemason?

Conspiracy Theories · 55 min

#10

Intelligence Scoop: Why Governments Want Us To Stockpile

The Rest Is Classified · 34 min

#11

The Crash of Indonesian Air Flight 610

History Daily · 16 min

#12

The Amityville Horror

History's Greatest Mysteries · 37 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 Team House

dee takos

— 2

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

— 3

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

— 4

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

— 5

American Scandal

Audible Original

— 6

American History Tellers

Audible Original

▲ 3 7

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▼ 1 8

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

▲ 2 9

The Ancients

History Hit

▼ 2 10

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

▼ 2 11

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

— 12

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▲ 2 13

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

— 14

Throughline

NPR

▼ 2 15

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▲ 3 16

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▲ 4 17

The UnBelievable

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

▲ 47 18

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▼ 1 19

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

— 20

Short History Of...

NOISER

▼ 5 21

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▲ 1 22

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▼ 6 23

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▼ 2 24

History Daily

History Daily

▼ 1 25

Beyond Mount Rushmore

Podcast Playground

▲ 28 26

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▲ 10 27

Celebrity Ghost Stories

A&E | Rewind Studios

▲ 5 28

Gunfighters

MeatEater

▲ 3 29

American History Hit

History Hit

▼ 5 30

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▼ 4 31

Yasha

Jeremy Gendelman

▲ 9 32

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▼ 5 33

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▼ 5 34

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▼ 9 35

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▼ 5 36

The Spy Who

Audible Original

▼ 7 37

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 4 38

Real Dictators

NOISER

▲ 12 39

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▼ 5 40

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▼ 1 41

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▼ 6 42

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

History Hit

▼ 4 43

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▼ 2 44

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▼ 1 45

This is History: The Tudors

Sony Music Entertainment

▼ 8 46

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

▲ 8 47

Dark History

Audioboom Studios

▼ 3 48

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▼ 6 49

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▼ 4 50

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▼ 4

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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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