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Apple Podcasts · United States · Sep 5, 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

Roman Civil War: The Barbarian Invasion (Part 2)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 18 min

#2

Evel Knievel Faces the Abyss

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 40 min

#3

Why American public schools are still broken

Throughline · 36 min

#4

The End of the Roman Empire

History Daily · 16 min

#5

Roman Civil War: Rise of the General (Part 1)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 13 min

#6

Emperor Constantine the Great: Christianity and the Roman Empire

You're Dead to Me · 59 min

#7

What to Expect When You’re Expecting Great Power Conflict

School of War · 55 min

#8

Egypt's Lost Cities

The Ancients · 59 min

#9

Mania for Subjugation IV

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History · 4 h 01 min

#10

The 1920 Wall Street Bombing

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More · 13 min

#11

How Many Penises Are There On The Bayeux Tapestry?

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · 53 min

#12

The Rise & Fall of Babylon

Dan Snow's History Hit · 48 min

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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

Throughline

NPR

— 5

American Scandal

Audible

— 6

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

— 7

The Ancients

History Hit

— 8

American History Tellers

Audible

— 9

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▲ 2 10

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▼ 1 11

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▲ 3 12

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

▼ 2 13

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▲ 2 14

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▼ 2 15

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▼ 2 16

History Daily

History Daily

▲ 2 17

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▲ 31 18

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▼ 2 19

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

— 20

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▼ 3 21

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▲ 7 22

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

— 23

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 3 24

Short History Of...

NOISER

▼ 3 25

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▲ 1 26

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 3 27

American History Hit

History Hit

▼ 2 28

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▼ 1 29

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▼ 5 30

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▲ 2 31

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

— 32

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

History Hit

▲ 7 33

Forever Ago

Brains On Universe

▼ 3 34

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 5 35

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

▲ 2 36

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▲ 6 37

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▼ 4 38

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▲ 6 39

The History of English Podcast

Kevin Stroud

▼ 5 40

The Spy Who

Audible

▼ 2 41

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

▼ 5 42

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▲ 3 43

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

— 44

British Scandal

Audible

▼ 4 45

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▲ 2 46

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

▲ 3 47

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▼ 6 48

Master Plan

The Lever & David Sirota

▼ 13 49

Ask Haviv Anything

Haviv Rettig Gur

▲ 2 50

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

▼ 4

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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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