Top History Podcasts in New Zealand

The latest Apple Podcasts History chart for New Zealand, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked September 7, 2026.

1

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

2

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

3

Short History Of...

NOISER

4

The Ancients

History Hit

5

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

6

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

7

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

8

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

9

British Scandal

Audible

10

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

11

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

12

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

13

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

14

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

15

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

16

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

17

Gone Medieval

History Hit

18

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

19

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

History Hit

20

The Dead Can't Sue

ABC Australia

21

The Spy Who

Audible

22

Black Sheep

RNZ

23

No One Saw It Coming

ABC Australia

24

Great Business Stories

Caemin

25

American Scandal

Audible

26

Ancient Civilisations

NOISER

27

Battleground

Goalhanger

28

History Daily

History Daily

29

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

30

Here For The History

BBC Sounds

31

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

32

Real Vikings

NOISER

33

THIS IS HISTORY — IN CONVERSATION

Sony Music Entertainment

34

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

35

Real Dictators

NOISER

36

Noiser Presents

NOISER

37

The History Hour

BBC World Service

38

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

39

Untold Pacific History

RNZ

40

Legacy

Original Legacy Productions

41

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

42

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

43

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

44

The Aotearoa History Show

RNZ

45

NZ Herald Presents

NZ Herald

46

Biography

NOISER

47

The History Podcast

BBC Radio 4

48

The History of English Podcast

Kevin Stroud

49

Deer Wars

RNZ

50

The WW2 Podcast

Angus Wallace

51

Expanse

ABC Australia

52

Past Present Future

David Runciman

53

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54

History of Aotearoa New Zealand

Thomas Rillstone

55

School of War

The Free Press

56

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

57

Forever Ago

Brains On Universe

58

NZ Wars Collection

RNZ

59

Forgotten Australia

Michael Adams

60

The History of England

David Crowther

61

The History of the Twentieth Century

Mark Painter

62

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63

Willy Willy Harry Stee...

Charlie Higson

64

The Curious History of Your Home

NOISER

65

AREA52 - DEBRIEFED With Chris Ramsay

Chris Ramsay

66

The Art of Crime

Gavin Whitehead

67

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

68

A History of the World in 100 Objects

BBC Radio 4

69

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

70

In Our Time: Science

BBC Radio 4

71

American History Hit

History Hit

72

Search & Rescue NZ

RNZ

73

Master Plan

The Lever & David Sirota

74

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75

D-Day: The Tide Turns

NOISER

76

Throughline

NPR

77

Instant Classics

Vespucci

78

The Agency

RNZ

79

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

80

History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories

History Extra

81

Journey Through Time

Goalhanger

82

History's Heroes

BBC Radio 4

83

The Ancients

History Hit

84

In Our Time: History

BBC Radio 4

85

Historic Royal Palaces Podcast

Historic Royal Palaces

86

Half-Arsed History

Riley Knight

87

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

88

Ancient Lives with Mary Beard

BBC Radio 4

89

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90

Dark History

Audioboom Studios

91

Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise

Higher Ground Audio

92

Rowan & Pine: A Feminist Folklore & Mythology Podcast

Emily & Niamh

93

History’s Greatest Leaders

HistoryExtra

94

77 Degrees South

Antarctic Heritage Trust

95

Déjà Vu

Al Jazeera

96

Slow Burn

Slate Podcasts

97

Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story

Apple TV / AT WILL MEDIA

98

The Santiago Boys

Evgeny Morozov - Chora Media

99

HOLLYWOODLAND

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

100

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

101

Quarantine Nation

Te Pūrongo Productions

102

More Jam Tomorrow

Ros Taylor

103

Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

Evergreen Podcasts | The Honor Project

104

The Service

RNZ

105

Oh What A Time...

Pop! Pop!

106

Witch Hunt

BBC Radio Scotland

107

The Pax Romana Podcast

Professor Colin Elliott

108

The Explorers Podcast

Matt Breen

109

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

110

Te Pahi: The Rangatira, the King and the Survivors

RNZ

111

Covert

Audioboom Studios

112

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

113

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

114

Etymoleon - Word History, the etymology podcast.

Leon Bailey-Green

115

Man of Steel - Myth and Critique of Joseph Stalin

Yusef Litonishvilli

116

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

117

Talking Tudors

Natalie Grueninger

118

Irish History Podcast

Fin Dwyer

119

Breaking History

The Free Press

120

Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music

Tyler Mahan Coe

121

Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

122

9 Days in July

iHeartPodcasts

123

芮淇讲透资治通鉴

芮淇讲透资治通鉴

124

Queens Podcast

Queens Podcast

125

Tavarikh (Podcast in Punjabi)

Podone

126

Challenging Histories

HistFest Productions

127

Jam Tomorrow

Podmasters

128

Stuff The British Stole

ABC Australia and CBC

129

Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood

iHeartPodcasts

130

Spy Cities

Chatterbox Audio

131

The British History Podcast

Jamie Jeffers

132

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

133

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

134

Queens, Kings, and Dastardly Things

Daily Mail

135

ABC Rewind

ABC Australia

136

Cold War Conversations - "vivid & compelling" The NY Times

Ian Sanders

137

Subliminal Jihad

Subliminal Jihad

138

Today In History with The Retrospectors

The Retrospectors

139

A Family History Of...

Findmypast

140

The C-Word

Lena Dunham & Alissa Bennett

141

Anglo-Saxon England

Evergreen Podcasts

142

About a Boy: The Story of Vladimir Putin

Audacy Studios | Puck

143

Adolf Hitler: Rise and Downfall

NOISER

144

Ridiculous Crime

iHeartPodcasts

145

How Haunted? Podcast | Horrible Histories, Real Life Ghost Stories, and Paranormal Investigations from Some of the Most Haunt

Rob Kirkup

146

WW2: Both Sides of The Wire

Prof. Matthias Strohn & Jesse Alexander

147

A Short History of Saving The World

Fix The News

148

The History of Byzantium

thehistoryofbyzantium@gmail.com

149

CONFLICTED

Message Heard

150

Reporting History

ITV News

151

Kingdoms at Dusk · Sleep History

Kingdoms at Dusk

152

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

153

Villains and Virgins History Podcast

Eva Schubert

154

Geschichten aus der Geschichte

Richard Hemmer und Daniel Meßner

155

Echoes of History

History Hit & Assassin's Creed

156

Echoes of the Vietnam War

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

157

American History Tellers

Audible

158

Decoding The Unknown

Cloud10

159

Life Lessons from History

History Extra

160

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

161

野史下酒｜有趣的历史故事

恶霸波

162

היסטוריה עם יובל מלחי - קטעים

יובל מלחי Yuval Malchi

163

the memory palace

Nate DiMeo

164

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

Harris | ASMR & Insomnia Network

165

Catholic Saints

Augustine Institute

166

REDACTED: Declassified Mysteries with Luke Lamana

Audible | Ballen Studios

167

White Silence

Stuff | RNZ

168

Never Mind The Dambusters

Jane Gulliford Lowes and James Jefferies

169

Churchill: The Great Orator

The Telegraph

170

Revisionist History podcast

bum

171

This Guy Sucked

Multitude

172

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

173

L.A. Meekly: A Los Angeles History Podcast

Daniel Zafran & Greg Gonzalez & the history of Los Angeles

174

Advent of Computing

Sean Haas

175

The Cockney Yiddish Podcast

Nadia Valman and Vivi Lachs

176

Emperors of Rome

Nightlight Productions

177

The Welsh Historian

TheWelshHistorian

178

Relatos de la Historia

Marta Caniego

179

9/11 Stories: Remembering September 11th, 2001

Q104.3 (WAXQ-FM)

180

History of South Africa podcast

Desmond Latham

181

The Greek Myth Files

Prof. R. Scott Smith

182

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today

ABC Australia

183

What's Your Map?

Oculi Mundi

184

How to Take Over the World

Ben Wilson

185

Alle Geschiedenis Ooit – Grote Namen

Alle Geschiedenis Ooit

186

Vergangene Welten

NOISER

187

Global History of Peru

Luka Haeberle

188

Preserving The Legacy

Vietnam War and Foreign Conflict Foundation

189

Double Helix: Blueprint of Nations

Paul De La Rosa

190

Revolución Científica, con José Maza

Radio13c

191

Odisea Lunar

Emisor Podcasting

192

The Tape Library - Archive of the Paranormal & the Unexplained

SpectreVision Radio

193

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

Liv Albert

194

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

195

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

Dan Carlin

196

Hostile History

David Borys / Curiouscast

197

东腔西调

大观天下志

198

Black Summer

Brevity Studios

199

In Our Time: Religion

BBC Radio 4

200

歴史を面白く学ぶコテンラジオ（COTEN RADIO）

COTEN inc.

201

Hot History

Hot History Production

202

Past Lives

Patrick Wyman

203

History’s Greatest Dishes

HistoryExtra

204

WW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front!

Dan Hill and Dr. Spencer Jones

205

The History of Russia Podcast

Damon Boar

206

Southern Gothic

Southern Gothic Media

207

Ask Haviv Anything

Haviv Rettig Gur

208

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

209

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Seth Paridon, William Toti

210

Bad Gays

Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller

211

SpyCast

SpyCast

212

Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs

Rich Napolitano

213

True Life Spy Stories

Philip Thompson

214

Dark Histories

Ben Cutmore

215

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

216

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

217

HistoryExtra Long Reads

History Extra

218

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

Bart Ehrman

219

Boring History for Sleep by Boring History Network

Boring History Network

220

Tudors Dynasty & Beyond

RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson

221

Since Attlee & Churchill

Lee David Evans & Richard Johnson

222

Boring History To Sleep

Boring History To Sleep

223

13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II

BBC World Service

224

The Martyr Made Podcast

Darryl Cooper

225

Historie’s Greatest Mysteries

oliana gonzalez

226

Uncancelled History

Nebulous Media

227

Desert Pirates

NZ Herald

228

Conflicted: A History Podcast

Evergreen Podcasts

229

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

230

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231

Le Fil de l'histoire

France Inter

232

Sleepy Science for Sleep

Sleepy Science for Sleep

233

History of the Germans from the Middle Ages to Reunification

Dirk Hoffmann-Becking

234

History of the Second World War

Wesley Livesay

235

History For Sleep with the Drowsy Historian

Drowsy Historian

236

Not What You Thought You Knew

HISTORY

237

Mountebank History of Scotland

Mountebankscotland

238

Mountebank History of Scotland

Mountebankscotland

239

阎步克|最生动的中国古代史

十年冰血

240

Neil Oliver History

Neil Oliver

241

Cost of Glory

Alex Petkas

242

Curious Canadian History

David Borys

243

The Team House

dee takos

244

The Napoleonic Wars Podcast

Zack White

245

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246

First America

Pushkin Industries

247

Humorously Dull History for Sleep

Stephen Dalton

248

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

249

Warfare

History Hit

250

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Blue Ewe Media

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