Top History Podcasts in United States

The latest Apple Podcasts History chart for United States, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked October 11, 2026.

1

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

2

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

3

The Ancients

History Hit

4

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

5

American Scandal

Audible

6

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

7

American History Tellers

Audible

8

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

9

The Team House

dee takos

10

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

11

Throughline

NPR

12

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

13

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

14

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

15

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

16

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

17

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

18

Short History Of...

NOISER

19

Gone Medieval

History Hit

20

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

21

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

22

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

23

History Daily

History Daily

24

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

25

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

26

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

27

American History Hit

History Hit

28

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

29

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

30

Hot History

Hot History Production

31

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

32

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

33

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

34

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

History Hit

35

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

36

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

37

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

38

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

39

پادکست رخ

Rokh Podcast

40

Celebrity Ghost Stories

A&E | Rewind Studios

41

Gunfighters

MeatEater

42

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers, Greg Young

43

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

44

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

45

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

Harris | ASMR & Insomnia Network

46

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

47

Ask Haviv Anything

Haviv Rettig Gur

48

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

49

Forever Ago

Brains On Universe

50

Real Dictators

NOISER

51

This is History: The Tudors

Sony Music Entertainment

52

British Scandal

Audible

53

Dark History

Audioboom Studios

54

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

55

The Spy Who

Audible

56

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

57

The History of English Podcast

Kevin Stroud

58

The Martyr Made Podcast

Darryl Cooper

59

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

60

School of War

The Free Press

61

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

62

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

63

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

64

Catholic Saints

Augustine Institute

65

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

66

Dinner Party History

Dinner Party History

67

Biography

NOISER

68

The British History Podcast

Jamie Jeffers

69

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

70

AREA52 - DEBRIEFED With Chris Ramsay

Chris Ramsay

71

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

72

Yasha

Jeremy Gendelman

73

Ancient Civilisations

NOISER

74

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

75

Ridiculous Crime

iHeartPodcasts

76

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

The History Chicks | AIRWAVE

77

Dark Histories

Ben Cutmore

78

The WW2 Podcast

Angus Wallace

79

My Victorian Nightmare

Genevieve Manion

80

Haunted American History

Bloody FM

81

The History of England

David Crowther

82

Our Ancestors Were Messy

Coco Hill Productions

83

Real Vikings

NOISER

84

Slow Burn

Slate Podcasts

85

The UnBelievable

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

86

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

Bart Ehrman

87

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Seth Paridon, William Toti

88

Call 'Em Like Museum with Eric Johnson

LightningPod

89

HOLLYWOODLAND

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

90

The WallBuilders Show

Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

91

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Blue Ewe Media

92

The History of Byzantium

thehistoryofbyzantium@gmail.com

93

No Ordinary Life - History Podcast

Story One

94

Government That Doesn't Suck

Rewind Studios

95

Old Gossip with Rebecca Siegel

Rebecca Siegel

96

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

97

Only If You Get Caught

Defector Media

98

First America

Pushkin Industries

99

Historyfeels: The Podcast

Historyfeels

100

Southern Gothic

Southern Gothic Media

101

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

102

Biblical Time Machine

Helen Bond & Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

103

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104

The Big Dig Season 4: Mitt & Ted, a healthcare story

GBH News

105

Let The Record Show

ACLU

106

The Explorers Podcast

Matt Breen

107

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

108

Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood

iHeartPodcasts

109

راوکست | Ravcast

ravcast

110

Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order

Rachel Maddow, MS NOW

111

MovarekhPodcast احمدهاشمی

احمد هاشمی

112

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

113

Trust Forward

Sumsub

114

Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra

Rachel Maddow, MS NOW

115

History For Sleep with the Drowsy Historian

Drowsy Historian

116

Past Lives

Patrick Wyman

117

Omnibus

Omnibus

118

Cost of Glory

Alex Petkas

119

Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise

Higher Ground Audio

120

The Civil War & Reconstruction

Richard Youngdahl

121

Irish History Podcast

Fin Dwyer

122

The C-Word

Lena Dunham & Alissa Bennett

123

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124

Trashy Royals

Hemlock Creatives

125

Unobscured

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

126

About That Life

Garrison Hayes

127

You Better Win: The History of Ford Racing

Ford Racing

128

Noiser Presents

NOISER

129

the memory palace

Nate DiMeo

130

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131

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

Dan Carlin

132

Our Fake History

PodcastOne

133

The Ancient World

Scott C.

134

Tides of History

Audible / Patrick Wyman

135

Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story

Apple TV / AT WILL MEDIA

136

Historic Royal Palaces Podcast

Historic Royal Palaces

137

The History of the Twentieth Century

Mark Painter

138

Decoding The Unknown

Cloud10

139

Adolf Hitler: Rise and Downfall

NOISER

140

The Rest is History

The Rest Is History

141

D-Day: The Tide Turns

NOISER

142

Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

143

In Our Time: History

BBC Radio 4

144

Instant Classics

Vespucci

145

REDACTED: Declassified Mysteries with Luke Lamana

Audible | Ballen Studios

146

The Wild West Extravaganza

The Wild West Extravaganza

147

Redacted History

Andre White

148

SpyCast

SpyCast

149

The Gilded Gentleman

Carl Raymond

150

The Tape Library - Archive of the Paranormal & the Unexplained

SpectreVision Radio

151

Master Plan

The Lever & David Sirota

152

Vulgar History: Tudors

Vulgar History | Realm

153

东腔西调

大观天下志

154

13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble

BBC World Service

155

The Story of Money

Financial Times

156

Queens Podcast

Queens Podcast

157

Talking Tudors

Natalie Grueninger

158

The History Hour

BBC World Service

159

SPYCRAFT 101

Justin Black

160

History's Heroes

BBC Radio 4

161

Bible Mysteries

Scott Mitchell, Bleav

162

Family Lore

Audacy

163

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

Liv Albert

164

Long Shadow

Long Lead & PRX

165

A History of the World in 100 Objects

BBC Radio 4

166

Misquoting Moses with Joel Baden

Chris Huntley

167

This Day (An America 250 History Show)

Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia

168

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169

History of the Germans from the Middle Ages to Reunification

Dirk Hoffmann-Becking

170

In Our Time: Science

BBC Radio 4

171

True Weird Stuff

Now! Media

172

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

173

پادکست راوکده

Ravkadeh Podcast

174

Christian History Almanac

1517 Podcasts

175

This Guy Sucked

Multitude

176

The History of China

Chris Stewart

177

Ghost Stories For The End Of The World

ghoststoriesfortheend

178

Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music

Tyler Mahan Coe

179

Southern Mysteries Podcast

Shannon Ballard

180

Raymond Ibrahim

Raymond Ibrahim

181

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

Rob Kirkup

182

Battleground

Goalhanger

183

Past Present Future

David Runciman

184

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

185

An Old Timey Podcast

An Old Timey Podcast

186

شاهنامه خودمونی

سعید غلامی

187

In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan

PRX

188

A Twist of History

Ballen Studios

189

Presidential

The Washington Post

190

پادکست پرچم سفید

Ehsan Tarighat

191

History of the Second World War

Wesley Livesay

192

ArchaeoEd Podcast

Dr. Ed Barnhart

193

History of Japan

Isaac Meyer

194

WW2: Both Sides of The Wire

Prof. Matthias Strohn & Jesse Alexander

195

CONFLICTED

Message Heard

196

Megalithic Marvels

Derek Olson

197

The Big Dig

GBH News

198

Petticoat Revolution

Daphne Woolsoncroft, Charlotte Long

199

Tudors Dynasty & Beyond

RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson

200

Warfare

History Hit

201

MovarekhPodcast احمدهاشمی

احمد هاشمی

202

Conflicted: A History Podcast

Evergreen Podcasts

203

Who Killed JFK?

iHeartPodcasts

204

Rex Factor

Rex Factor

205

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206

Destination Terror

Eeriecast Network

207

Combat Story

AJ Pasciuti

208

Floodlines

The Atlantic

209

History Tea Time

Lindsay Holiday

210

American Catholic History

Noelle & Tom Crowe

211

Historically High

Historically High

212

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn Podcast Host

213

Emperors of Rome

Nightlight Productions

214

Key Battles of American History

Key Battles of American History

215

How to Take Over the World

Ben Wilson

216

The History Podcast

BBC Radio 4

217

SNAFU with Ed Helms

iHeartPodcasts

218

野史下酒｜有趣的历史故事

恶霸波

219

Central

My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts

220

Villains and Virgins History Podcast

Eva Schubert

221

Les grands dossiers de l'Histoire par Franck Ferrand

Radio Classique

222

The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

Sam Kean

223

ماجرای مشروطه

Amir Khadem

224

Cold War Conversations

Ian Sanders

225

Here for the History

BBC Sounds

226

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227

The History of the Americans

Jack Henneman

228

Everything 80s

Jamie Logie | 1980s Pop Culture & Nostalgia

229

歴史を面白く学ぶコテンラジオ（COTEN RADIO）

COTEN inc.

230

The Halloween Podcast

Lyle Perez

231

The History of Ancient Greece

Ryan Stitt

232

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233

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

234

Mobituaries with Mo Rocca

iHeartPodcasts and CBS News

235

The Days of Noah

The Days of Noah

236

Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive

Eric Marcus

237

History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories

History Extra

238

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Mark Chrisler

239

Legacy

Original Legacy Productions

240

Blindspot

The HISTORY® Channel and WNYC Studios

241

More Perfect

WNYC Studios

242

Breaking History

The Free Press

243

Bananas History

Mem Kennedy

244

Boring History for Sleep

Boring History for Sleep

245

London Revisited

London Review of Books

246

Eat, Drink, and Be Buried

Sally Asher

247

The Last Archive

Pushkin Industries

248

History of Everything

Stakuyi

249

The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Jeff Nadu

250

In Our Time: Philosophy

BBC Radio 4

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