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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 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

The Terror: The Fall of Robespierre (Part 6)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 36 min

#2

Four Seasons of Ceasefire in Gaza

Throughline · 43 min

#3

Ancient Antarctica

The Ancients · 57 min

#4

The Great Chicago Fire

History Daily · 16 min

#5

Blind and Alone on Top of the World

Real Survival Stories · 56 min

#6

What Happened Inside Russia’s Plague Lab?

School of War · 35 min

#7

The Real Werewolf Trials of Europe

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal · 1 h 00 min

#8

About Time

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities · 9 min

#9

Intelligence Scoop: Former German Spy Chief Arrested for Treason

The Rest Is Classified · 35 min

#10

The Terror: Killing God (Part 5)

The Rest Is History · 1 h 16 min

#11

Fur Trapping, Empire & the Hudson’s Bay Company

American History Hit · 43 min

#12

John Dudley: Tudor England's Wicked Duke

Dan Snow's History Hit · 43 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

▲ 1 4

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

▼ 1 5

The Ancients

History Hit

▲ 4 6

American Scandal

Audible

▼ 1 7

American History Tellers

Audible

— 8

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

— 9

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

▼ 3 10

Throughline

NPR

▲ 3 11

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

▲ 1 12

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

▼ 2 13

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

▲ 1 14

Gunfighters

MeatEater

▼ 3 15

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

▲ 1 16

History Daily

History Daily

▲ 3 17

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

▲ 11 18

Short History Of...

NOISER

▼ 3 19

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 1 20

Gone Medieval

History Hit

▼ 3 21

American History Hit

History Hit

▲ 5 22

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

▲ 1 23

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

▲ 2 24

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

▼ 3 25

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

▲ 20 26

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

▲ 6 27

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

▼ 7 28

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

▼ 4 29

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

▲ 2 30

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

▼ 8 31

Celebrity Ghost Stories

A&E | Rewind Studios

▼ 4 32

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

▼ 3 33

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

— 34

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

▲ 10 35

The Team House

dee takos

▼ 5 36

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

▲ 5 37

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

▼ 2 38

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

History Hit

▼ 2 39

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

▼ 5 40

Dark History

Audioboom Studios

▲ 3 41

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

▲ 1 42

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

▼ 3 43

School of War

The Free Press

▲ 17 44

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

▼ 6 45

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

▼ 8 46

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

▲ 8 47

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

— 48

This is History: The Tudors

Sony Music Entertainment

▲ 1 49

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

▲ 16 50

The Martyr Made Podcast

Darryl Cooper

▼ 4

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Top History podcasts today

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