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Apple Podcasts · United States · Sep 12, 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

Blindspot: The Road to 9/11

HISTORY This Week · 1 h 45 min

#2

Talent, Time and Money: The Curse of General Magic

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 38 min

#3

Roman Civil War: Master of the Republic (Part 4)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 10 min

#4

History of Tea: Britain’s stolen brew

You're Dead to Me · 54 min

#5

Sword in the Stone: Origins of Arthurian Legends

Gone Medieval · 51 min

#6

Mania for Subjugation IV

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History · 4 h 01 min

#7

Hollywood Actor Shares Wild Alien Encounter Stories - Thomas Jane | ep. 101

AREA52 - DEBRIEFED With Chris Ramsay · 2 h 49 min

#8

The Theft of the French Crown Jewels

History Daily · 16 min

#9

CRIME: Who Killed JonBenét?

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes · 37 min

#10

“We Are Going to War”: McMaster Remembers 9/11, 25 Years On

School of War · 56 min

#11

EP:61 - The Terror Wars Rage On

Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton · 1 h 33 min

#12

How baseball got its beat

Throughline · 32 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

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

— 4

American Scandal

Audible

— 5

Throughline

NPR

— 6

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▲ 1 7

The Ancients

History Hit

▼ 1 8

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▲ 1 9

American History Tellers

Audible

▼ 1 10

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▲ 2 11

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

— 12

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

▼ 2 13

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

— 14

History Daily

History Daily

— 15

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▲ 4 16

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

▼ 1 17

Long Shadow

Long Lead & PRX

▲ 5 18

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▲ 12 19

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▼ 2 20

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▼ 4 21

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▲ 27 22

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▲ 19 23

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 5 24

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 4 25

Short History Of...

NOISER

▼ 4 26

American History Hit

History Hit

— 27

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▼ 2 28

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▼ 4 29

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

— 30

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 7 31

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

— 32

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

— 33

Zero Hour: A History of 9/11

David de Sola

▲ 32 34

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

▼ 1 35

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▼ 8 36

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

History Hit

▲ 2 37

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▼ 1 38

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 4 39

Real Dictators

NOISER

▼ 11 40

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▼ 3 41

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▼ 6 42

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▲ 1 43

Blindspot

The HISTORY® Channel and WNYC Studios

▲ 112 44

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

▼ 5 45

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▲ 1 46

The Spy Who

Audible

▼ 2 47

9/11 Stories: Remembering September 11th, 2001

Q104.3 (WAXQ-FM)

▲ 31 48

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▼ 1 49

Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise

Higher Ground Audio

▼ 4 50

Gunfighters

MeatEater

▼ 10

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Top History podcasts today

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