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Apple Podcasts · United States · Sep 20, 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 Sacrifice in Ancient Britain

The Ancients · 1 h 01 min

#2

Ancient Rome: What Was It Like to Live There?

Sleepy History · 53 min

#3

Queen Victoria’s Revenge: Storming the Citadel (Part 2)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 13 min

#4

SYMHC Classics: Eradication of Smallpox

Stuff You Missed in History Class · 43 min

#5

Mania for Subjugation IV

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History · 4 h 01 min

#6

How two swing states changed American voting

Throughline · 50 min

#7

Ice Age America: The Clovis Culture

The Ancients · 57 min

#8

#492 How Mamie Fish Partied Her Way to Gilded Age Power

The Bowery Boys: New York City History · 1 h 01 min

#9

Queen Victoria’s Revenge: The Mad Emperor of Abyssinia (Part 1)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 10 min

#10

Amelia and Eleanor's Excellent Adventure [from Very Special Episodes]

Noble Blood · 44 min

#11

CLASSIC: The Night Witches: How an All-female Soviet Bomb Squad Terrorized Nazi Germany

Ridiculous History · 31 min

#12

How a Broken Arm Improved my French - with David Epstein

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 42 min

New in History

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

#68 newWhat the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter RoyWhat the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

The Team House

dee takos

— 2

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

— 3

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

— 4

American Scandal

Audible

▲ 2 5

The Ancients

History Hit

▲ 2 6

Throughline

NPR

▲ 2 7

Plagues with Dr. Keith

Keith Sumey, MD

▼ 3 8

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▲ 3 9

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

— 10

American History Tellers

Audible

— 11

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▲ 1 12

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

▲ 1 13

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

▼ 8 14

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▲ 6 15

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▲ 9 16

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 6 17

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▲ 10 18

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▲ 12 19

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▲ 7 20

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▼ 6 21

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▼ 5 22

History Daily

History Daily

▼ 5 23

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▲ 16 24

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▼ 6 25

Short History Of...

NOISER

▼ 2 26

American History Hit

History Hit

▲ 3 27

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▲ 8 28

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

▲ 5 29

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

History Hit

▲ 9 30

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▲ 2 31

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▼ 10 32

Gunfighters

MeatEater

▼ 17 33

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 5 34

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 15 35

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▲ 1 36

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 5 37

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▼ 12 38

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▲ 5 39

Real Dictators

NOISER

▼ 2 40

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▼ 6 41

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

— 42

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▲ 6 43

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▲ 1 44

British Scandal

Audible

▲ 1 45

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▼ 5 46

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▲ 8 47

The Spy Who

Audible

▼ 5 48

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

▼ 2 49

Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

▲ 57 50

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers, Greg Young

▲ 33

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Top History podcasts today

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