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Apple Podcasts · United States · Nov 2, 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

Revolution in the Soviet Empire: The Hungarian Uprising (Part 1)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 25 min

#2

The Mycenaeans: Was Agamemnon Real?

The Ancients · 1 h 07 min

#3

The Middle Ages: Europe’s Most Challenging Era?

Sleepy History · 48 min

#4

157: Netanyahu was beatable. What happened?

Ask Haviv Anything · 43 min

#5

The Suez Crisis: Britain's Shattered Empire (Part 2)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 16 min

#6

Watergate: The CIA Conspiracy (Ep 1)

The Rest Is Classified · 1 h 00 min

#7

The Suez Crisis: Anarchy in the Middle East (Part 1)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 26 min

#8

EP:67 - CURRENT EVENTS!

Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton · 1 h 35 min

#9

Life and death in the Viking age

HistoryExtra podcast · 38 min

#10

Ada Lovelace

Short History Of... · 55 min

#11

The Rise of Peter The Great

Dan Snow's History Hit · 47 min

#12

Why Miners See Ghosts | Halloween Season

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 37 min

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

— 2

The Team House

dee takos

— 3

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

— 4

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

— 5

The Ancients

History Hit

▲ 1 6

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▼ 1 7

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

— 8

American History Tellers

Audible Original

— 9

American Scandal

Audible Original

▲ 1 10

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▲ 5 11

Throughline

NPR

— 12

The UnBelievable

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

▼ 3 13

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

— 14

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▼ 2 15

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▲ 1 16

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▲ 3 17

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 3 18

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▲ 5 19

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

▼ 5 20

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▼ 3 21

Gone Medieval

History Hit

— 22

History Daily

History Daily

▲ 2 23

Short History Of...

NOISER

▲ 3 24

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▲ 1 25

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▲ 3 26

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 4 27

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▼ 9 28

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▼ 1 29

American History Hit

History Hit

▲ 1 30

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▼ 1 31

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▲ 1 32

Ask Haviv Anything

Haviv Rettig Gur

▲ 49 33

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

— 34

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▲ 2 35

The History of English Podcast

Kevin Stroud

▲ 2 36

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 1 37

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▲ 4 38

Celebrity Ghost Stories

A&E | Rewind Studios

▼ 7 39

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

— 40

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

History Hit

▼ 2 41

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▲ 4 42

Yasha

Jeremy Gendelman

▼ 8 43

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▼ 1 44

Real Dictators

NOISER

— 45

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▼ 2 46

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 7 47

The Spy Who

Audible Original

▼ 7 48

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▼ 1 49

Haunted American History

Bloody FM

▲ 8 50

Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

▲ 84

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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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