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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 10, 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 Terror: The Fall of Robespierre (Part 6)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 36 min

#2

When Aliens Landed in Wiltshire | Halloween Season

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · 38 min

#3

Scottish Supernatural Beliefs: witches, ghosts and fairies in the early modern period

You're Dead to Me · 58 min

#4

Lore Alive 2: In Dreams

Lore · 23 min

#5

The Execution of Che Guevara

History Daily · 16 min

#6

Four Seasons of Ceasefire in Gaza

Throughline · 43 min

#7

CRIME: Britain's First Female Serial Killer: Mary Ann Cotton

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes · 41 min

#8

The New Deal

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

#9

Did Alfred Burn the Cakes? & Other Medieval Myths

Gone Medieval · 54 min

#10

152: Is Israeli society tearing itself apart? With Micah Goodman

Ask Haviv Anything · 1 h 09 min

#11

Ancient Antarctica

The Ancients · 57 min

#12

Rebuilding America’s War Machine

School of War · 49 min

New in History

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

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

— 3

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

— 4

American Scandal

Audible

▲ 2 5

The Ancients

History Hit

— 6

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

▼ 2 7

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

▲ 1 8

American History Tellers

Audible

▼ 1 9

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

— 10

Throughline

NPR

— 11

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

— 12

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▲ 1 13

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▼ 1 14

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▲ 1 15

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▲ 5 16

History Daily

History Daily

— 17

The Team House

dee takos

▲ 18 18

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▲ 9 19

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▲ 7 20

Gunfighters

MeatEater

▼ 6 21

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 2 22

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

— 23

Short History Of...

NOISER

▼ 5 24

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

▲ 32 25

American History Hit

History Hit

▼ 4 26

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▼ 9 27

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▼ 4 28

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 4 29

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▲ 1 30

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▼ 5 31

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▼ 2 32

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 4 33

Celebrity Ghost Stories

A&E | Rewind Studios

▼ 2 34

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

History Hit

▲ 4 35

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▲ 6 36

Hot History

Hot History Production

▲ 23 37

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▼ 1 38

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▼ 6 39

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▼ 5 40

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▲ 5 41

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▼ 8 42

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▼ 5 43

School of War

The Free Press

— 44

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

▼ 2 45

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▲ 1 46

Dark History

Audioboom Studios

▼ 6 47

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

▼ 3 48

This is History: The Tudors

Sony Music Entertainment

— 49

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

— 50

Ask Haviv Anything

Haviv Rettig Gur

▲ 11

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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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