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Apple Podcasts · United States · Nov 1, 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 Mycenaeans: Was Agamemnon Real?

The Ancients · 1 h 07 min

#2

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

The Rest Is History · 1 h 16 min

#3

EP:67 - CURRENT EVENTS!

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

#4

SYMHC Classics: Helen Duncan

Stuff You Missed in History Class · 38 min

#5

Louis XIV: In the Court of the Sun King

Sleepy History · 55 min

#6

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

The Rest Is History · 1 h 26 min

#7

Episode 192: English in the Celtic World

The History of English Podcast · 1 h 16 min

#8

Why Miners See Ghosts | Halloween Season

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 37 min

#9

Salem’s First Witch Trial

HISTORY This Week · 28 min

#10

The Pendle Witches | Cautionary Tales

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal · 40 min

#11

Grace Hopper

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast · 1 h 59 min

#12

Easter Island

The Ancients · 1 h 04 min

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

▲ 1 2

The Team House

dee takos

▼ 1 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

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

— 6

The Ancients

History Hit

▲ 1 7

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

▲ 2 8

American History Tellers

Audible Original

— 9

The UnBelievable

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

▼ 3 10

American Scandal

Audible Original

▲ 1 11

Throughline

NPR

▲ 1 12

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▲ 1 13

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▲ 5 14

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

▼ 4 15

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▲ 1 16

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▲ 5 17

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▼ 2 18

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▼ 4 19

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

— 20

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 5 21

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▲ 1 22

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 5 23

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

— 24

History Daily

History Daily

— 25

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▼ 5 26

Short History Of...

NOISER

— 27

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▲ 21 28

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▲ 5 29

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▼ 1 30

American History Hit

History Hit

▲ 1 31

Celebrity Ghost Stories

A&E | Rewind Studios

▼ 4 32

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

— 33

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 3 34

Yasha

Jeremy Gendelman

▼ 5 35

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 1 36

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▼ 1 37

The History of English Podcast

Kevin Stroud

▲ 29 38

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

History Hit

— 39

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▲ 1 40

The Spy Who

Audible Original

▼ 3 41

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▲ 8 42

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

— 43

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▼ 4 44

Real Dictators

NOISER

▼ 3 45

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▲ 2 46

SPYCRAFT 101

Justin Black

▲ 64 47

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▲ 17 48

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

▲ 5 49

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▲ 3 50

Call 'Em Like Museum with Eric Johnson

LightningPod

▼ 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.
What makes it exciting? It's not just a static list—it's all about the movement! You'll see which podcasts are climbing the ranks, holding steady, or slipping down. Tracking the rise and fall of your favorite shows has never been easier (or more fun).
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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