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Apple Podcasts · United States · Sep 9, 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

Is it time for a Luddite Renaissance?

Throughline · 16 min

#2

Varsity Blues | Future Stars

American Scandal · 39 min

#3

Roman Civil War: Marching on the Senate (Part 3)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 13 min

#4

Lore 314: Hive Mind

Lore · 27 min

#5

A Ploughman's 'Uprising' (with Dan Jones)

Noble Blood · 29 min

#6

Star Trek Debuts on US Television

History Daily · 16 min

#7

Mary Queen of Scots & Her Sh*thead Husband

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · 54 min

#8

144: Inside the fight to change Haredi politics, with Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer

Ask Haviv Anything · 1 h 17 min

#9

The Battle of New York Explained

Dan Snow's History Hit · 1 h 42 min

#10

Debatable

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities · 11 min

#11

Ten-Minute Warning: The Hypersonic Threat

School of War · 44 min

#12

9/11

Short History Of... · 59 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 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

American Scandal

Audible

▲ 1 5

Throughline

NPR

▲ 2 6

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

— 7

The Ancients

History Hit

▼ 3 8

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

— 9

American History Tellers

Audible

— 10

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▲ 1 11

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▲ 1 12

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▼ 2 13

History Daily

History Daily

▲ 5 14

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▲ 2 15

Short History Of...

NOISER

▼ 2 16

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▼ 2 17

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

— 18

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▼ 3 19

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▲ 9 20

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

— 21

American History Hit

History Hit

▲ 1 22

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▼ 1 23

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▼ 4 24

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▲ 1 25

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▼ 2 26

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▼ 2 27

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▲ 7 28

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

History Hit

▲ 11 29

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▲ 8 30

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

— 31

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

— 32

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▼ 5 33

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▼ 1 34

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▼ 8 35

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

▲ 3 36

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▼ 1 37

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▲ 9 38

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 9 39

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▼ 6 40

The Spy Who

Audible

▲ 1 41

Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order

Rachel Maddow, MS NOW

▲ 34 42

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

▲ 2 43

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▼ 7 44

Ask Haviv Anything

Haviv Rettig Gur

▲ 7 45

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▼ 2 46

Forever Ago

Brains On Universe

▼ 4 47

British Scandal

Audible

▼ 7 48

THIS IS HISTORY — IN CONVERSATION

Sony Music Entertainment

▼ 1 49

Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise

Higher Ground Audio

▲ 22 50

Gunfighters

MeatEater

▲ 97

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Top History podcasts today

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