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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 19, 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 Ninth Legion: Did They Disappear?

The Ancients · 1 h 09 min

#2

King Arthur: Lancelot and the Round Table (Part 2)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 06 min

#3

King Arthur: The Once & Future King (Part 1)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 11 min

#4

A Tale of Blood and Ashes: The Exeter Vampires | Halloween Season

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 37 min

#5

Is the death penalty cruel and unusual?

Throughline · 47 min

#6

Leopold and Loeb

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

#7

Lore Alive 3: Under the Rug

Lore · 27 min

#8

Mania for Subjugation IV

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History · 4 h 01 min

#9

SYMHC Classics: Original Six Impossible Episodes

Stuff You Missed in History Class · 26 min

#10

The Couple That Spent $650K and 34 Years Researching a REAL UFO Crash

AREA52 - DEBRIEFED With Chris Ramsay · 3 h 30 min

#11

The Real History Behind the Illuminati

Dan Snow's History Hit · 45 min

#12

Thomas More's Utopia

In Our Time · 54 min

New in History

Brand new shows that entered this chart within two weeks of launch.

#37 newThe UnBelievableThe UnBelievable #81 newThe Vardø Witch TrialsThe Vardø Witch Trials #83 newThe Ministry of Lost Voices : EnglishThe Ministry of Lost Voices : English

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

The Team House

dee takos

— 2

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

— 3

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

— 4

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

— 5

The Ancients

History Hit

— 6

American Scandal

Audible

▲ 1 7

American History Tellers

Audible

▲ 3 8

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

▲ 1 9

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▼ 1 10

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

▼ 4 11

Throughline

NPR

▲ 1 12

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▼ 1 13

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▲ 1 14

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▼ 1 15

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▲ 2 16

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▼ 1 17

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 1 18

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▲ 5 19

Short History Of...

NOISER

▼ 1 20

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▼ 1 21

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▲ 1 22

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▼ 2 23

History Daily

History Daily

▼ 2 24

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▲ 2 25

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▼ 1 26

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▲ 3 27

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▲ 4 28

American History Hit

History Hit

▲ 4 29

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▲ 7 30

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▲ 3 31

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 1 32

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▲ 5 33

How to Take Over the World

Ben Wilson

▼ 8 34

The Spy Who

Audible

— 35

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▲ 5 36

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▲ 6 37

The UnBelievable

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

▼ 9 38

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▲ 3 39

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

History Hit

▼ 1 40

Gunfighters

MeatEater

▼ 13 41

Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story

Apple TV / AT WILL MEDIA

▼ 6 42

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

▲ 2 43

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▼ 4 44

Calm History (not A.I. & no loud ads) - Bedtime Sleep Stories for Education & Relaxation

Harris | ASMR & Insomnia Network

▲ 2 45

پادکست رخ

Rokh Podcast

▲ 6 46

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▼ 3 47

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

— 48

Celebrity Ghost Stories

A&E | Rewind Studios

▲ 1 49

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▲ 1 50

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 5

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