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Apple Podcasts · United States · Nov 15, 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

The Charge of the Light Brigade: The Tsar’s Terrible Siege (Part 2)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 02 min

#2

SYMHC Classics: Princes in the Tower

Stuff You Missed in History Class · 41 min

#3

Bravo, Comrade Lysenko! The Man who Failed to Feed the USSR

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 43 min

#4

The Charge of the Light Brigade: Outbreak of The Crimean War (Part 1)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 10 min

#5

How to Survive the Black Death

Gone Medieval · 51 min

#6

Origins of the Affordable Care Act

Throughline · 28 min

#7

The Great Hedge of India

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More · 14 min

#8

Saturday Matinee: The Museum of Lost Things

History Daily · 26 min

#9

Researcher Discusses Top UFO Cases of All Time - Vinnie Adams | ep. 107

AREA52 Podcast With Chris Ramsay · 2 h 09 min

#10

How Rasputin Destroyed the Romanovs with Anthony Beevor

Dan Snow's History Hit · 45 min

#11

The Battle of Antietam

In Our Time · 59 min

#12

Did Fidel Castro Really Shag 35,000 People?

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · 57 min

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

— 2

American History Tellers

Audible Original

▲ 1 3

The Ancients

History Hit

▲ 3 4

American Scandal

Audible Original

— 5

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

— 6

Throughline

NPR

▼ 4 7

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

— 8

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

— 9

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▲ 3 10

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 5 11

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▼ 2 12

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▼ 1 13

History Daily

History Daily

▼ 3 14

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▼ 1 15

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▼ 1 16

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▲ 1 17

Short History Of...

NOISER

▲ 2 18

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 2 19

American History Hit

History Hit

▼ 1 20

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

— 21

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▲ 3 22

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▼ 1 23

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

— 24

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

▼ 2 25

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▲ 1 26

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

History Hit

▲ 2 27

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▲ 6 28

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 3 29

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▲ 2 30

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▼ 3 31

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▼ 1 32

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▼ 3 33

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▼ 1 34

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▲ 6 35

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▲ 1 36

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

Costard & Touchstone Productions

▼ 1 37

The Spy Who

Audible Original

— 38

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 5 39

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

— 40

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

▼ 2 41

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers, Greg Young

▲ 5 42

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▼ 8 43

British Scandal

Audible Original

▼ 2 44

Real Dictators

NOISER

▼ 2 45

This is History: The Tudors

Sony Music Entertainment

— 46

The Big Dig Season 4: Mitt & Ted, a healthcare story

GBH News

▼ 2 47

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▲ 2 48

The History of English Podcast

Kevin Stroud

▲ 2 49

AREA52 Podcast With Chris Ramsay

Chris Ramsay

▲ 19 50

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▼ 2

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Top History podcasts today

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