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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 27, 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: Anarchy in the Middle East (Part 1)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 26 min

#2

Legends 91: Landslide

Lore · 27 min

#3

Salem Witch Trials

American History Hit · 53 min

#4

Charles de Gaulle: The Man Who Rebuilt France

Dan Snow's History Hit · 1 h 15 min

#5

Montague Summers

Stuff You Missed in History Class · 35 min

#6

Archive: Dark Matter, the mysterious substance in space

In Our Time · 46 min

#7

1066: The Brother Who Broke England (w/ Greg Jenner)

HISTORY This Week · 29 min

#8

Kim Philby: Exiled in Moscow (Ep 6)

The Rest Is Classified · 56 min

#9

American Vampire Panic

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal · 42 min

#10

Bronze Age Syria: Cradle of Cities

The Ancients · 1 h 03 min

#11

The Enfield Poltergeist with Josh Nannochio of What Lurks Beneath

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat · 42 min

#12

How to build the ultimate medieval castle

HistoryExtra podcast · 40 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

▲ 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

The Ancients

History Hit

— 6

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

— 7

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▲ 1 8

American Scandal

Audible

▼ 1 9

American History Tellers

Audible

— 10

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

▲ 6 11

Throughline

NPR

▼ 1 12

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

— 13

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▼ 2 14

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▲ 3 15

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▲ 3 16

Short History Of...

NOISER

▲ 5 17

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▲ 2 18

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 3 19

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▼ 6 20

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▲ 7 21

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▼ 7 22

American History Hit

History Hit

▲ 4 23

History Daily

History Daily

▲ 1 24

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▲ 5 25

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▲ 17 26

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▼ 1 27

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▼ 4 28

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▼ 8 29

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▲ 10 30

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

— 31

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▲ 16 32

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▼ 10 33

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

— 34

Celebrity Ghost Stories

A&E | Rewind Studios

▲ 11 35

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▲ 2 36

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▼ 2 37

The Spy Who

Audible

▲ 7 38

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

History Hit

▼ 6 39

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▼ 3 40

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▲ 10 41

Beyond Mount Rushmore

Podcast Playground

▲ 18 42

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 7 43

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▼ 15 44

Yasha

Jeremy Gendelman

▲ 20 45

Gunfighters

MeatEater

▲ 11 46

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▼ 15 47

Real Dictators

NOISER

▼ 9 48

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▲ 1 49

Dark History

Audioboom Studios

▲ 2 50

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

▼ 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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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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