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Apple Podcasts · United States · Sep 6, 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

Human Origins: Did We Begin in Africa?

The Ancients · 58 min

#2

Roman Civil War: The Barbarian Invasion (Part 2)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 18 min

#3

EP:60 - Soviet America

Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton · 1 h 40 min

#4

Mania for Subjugation IV

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History · 4 h 01 min

#5

Easter Island: Who Really Built the Moai?

Sleepy History · 1 h 00 min

#6

Roman Civil War: Rise of the General (Part 1)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 13 min

#7

Evel Knievel Faces the Abyss

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 40 min

#8

The Rise & Fall of Babylon

Dan Snow's History Hit · 48 min

#9

Why American public schools are still broken

Throughline · 36 min

#10

SYMHC Classics: Olympe de Gouges

Stuff You Missed in History Class · 36 min

#11

Emperor Constantine the Great: Christianity and the Roman Empire

You're Dead to Me · 59 min

#12

Episode 359 - Rethinking Jane Seymour: The Woman Behind the Myths with Dr Elizabeth Norton

Talking Tudors · 39 min

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

Throughline

NPR

— 5

American Scandal

Audible

— 6

The Ancients

History Hit

▲ 1 7

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▼ 1 8

American History Tellers

Audible

— 9

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

— 10

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

— 11

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

▲ 1 12

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▲ 1 13

History Daily

History Daily

▲ 3 14

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▲ 3 15

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▼ 4 16

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▲ 3 17

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▼ 3 18

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 4 19

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▲ 2 20

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

— 21

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▼ 6 22

Short History Of...

NOISER

▲ 2 23

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▲ 5 24

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 1 25

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

— 26

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▼ 8 27

American History Hit

History Hit

— 28

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▲ 1 29

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 3 30

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▲ 1 31

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▲ 6 32

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

History Hit

— 33

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▲ 3 34

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▼ 4 35

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 1 36

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

▼ 1 37

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▲ 8 38

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

— 39

Forever Ago

Brains On Universe

▼ 6 40

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

▲ 1 41

The History of English Podcast

Kevin Stroud

▼ 2 42

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

— 43

The Spy Who

Audible

▼ 3 44

British Scandal

Audible

— 45

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

▲ 1 46

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▲ 1 47

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▼ 4 48

THIS IS HISTORY — IN CONVERSATION

Sony Music Entertainment

▲ 3 49

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 4 50

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

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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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