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Apple Podcasts · United States · Nov 9, 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

159: How bad were the midterms for Israel? With Michael Moynihan

Ask Haviv Anything · 59 min

#2

The Year of Five Emperors

The Ancients · 47 min

#3

Revolution in the Soviet Empire: Revenge of the Red Army (Part 2)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 11 min

#4

Health Insurance in America

Throughline · 52 min

#5

The History of San Francisco

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More · 15 min

#6

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

The Rest Is History ·

#7

American Elections Special: The 2026 Midterms in Historical Context

Past Present Future · 1 h 12 min

#8

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

The Rest Is History · 1 h 26 min

#9

EP:68 - Trump Bombs Republican Party

Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton · 1 h 30 min

#10

Why Milk Cartons "Scared the Bejesus Out of a Generation" - with Roman Mars

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 38 min

#11

They Located FOUR Extraterrestrial Bases - Dr. Paul Smith | ep.106

AREA52 Podcast With Chris Ramsay · 3 h 08 min

#12

SYMHC Classics: Princess Who Swallowed a Glass Piano

Stuff You Missed in History Class · 18 min

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

— 2

The Ancients

History Hit

— 3

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

— 4

American Scandal

Audible Original

— 5

American History Tellers

Audible Original

— 6

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▲ 1 7

Throughline

NPR

▼ 1 8

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

— 9

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▲ 3 10

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▼ 1 11

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 1 12

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▲ 4 13

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▼ 2 14

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▲ 1 15

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▼ 1 16

History Daily

History Daily

▼ 3 17

Ask Haviv Anything

Haviv Rettig Gur

▲ 36 18

Short History Of...

NOISER

— 19

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▲ 5 20

American History Hit

History Hit

▼ 1 21

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

▼ 4 22

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▼ 2 23

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▼ 1 24

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▲ 5 25

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

— 26

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▼ 3 27

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 6 28

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

— 29

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▲ 5 30

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 3 31

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▼ 5 32

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▲ 1 33

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 7 34

Real Dictators

NOISER

▼ 2 35

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

History Hit

▼ 5 36

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

— 37

Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

▼ 6 38

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▼ 1 39

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers, Greg Young

▼ 1 40

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

▼ 5 41

The History of English Podcast

Kevin Stroud

▲ 4 42

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▲ 2 43

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▲ 3 44

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

Costard & Touchstone Productions

▼ 3 45

British Scandal

Audible Original

▼ 3 46

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

▼ 7 47

The Spy Who

Audible Original

— 48

Forever Ago

Brains On Universe

▲ 4 49

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▼ 6 50

This is History: The Tudors

Sony Music Entertainment

▼ 1

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Top History podcasts today

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