Top History Podcasts in United States

The latest Apple Podcasts History chart for United States, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked September 21, 2026.

1

The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

2

The Team House

dee takos

3

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

4

The Ancients

History Hit

5

American Scandal

Audible

6

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

7

Throughline

NPR

8

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

9

American History Tellers

Audible

10

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

11

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

12

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

13

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

14

Short History Of...

NOISER

15

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

16

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

17

American History Hit

History Hit

18

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

19

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

20

Gone Medieval

History Hit

21

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

22

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

23

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

24

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

25

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

26

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

27

Plagues with Dr. Keith

Keith Sumey, MD

28

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

29

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

History Hit

30

History Daily

History Daily

31

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

32

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

33

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

34

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

35

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

36

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

37

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

38

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

39

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

40

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

41

Real Dictators

NOISER

42

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

Harris | ASMR & Insomnia Network

43

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

44

British Scandal

Audible

45

Gunfighters

MeatEater

46

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

47

Dark History

Audioboom Studios

48

Forever Ago

Brains On Universe

49

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers, Greg Young

50

The Spy Who

Audible

51

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

52

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

53

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

54

The History of English Podcast

Kevin Stroud

55

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

56

This is History: The Tudors

Sony Music Entertainment

57

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

58

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

59

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

The History Chicks | AIRWAVE

60

Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

61

Beyond Mount Rushmore

Podcast Playground

62

AREA52 - DEBRIEFED With Chris Ramsay

Chris Ramsay

63

پادکست رخ

Rokh Podcast

64

Ancient Civilisations

NOISER

65

Hot History

Hot History Production

66

Catholic Saints

Augustine Institute

67

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

68

Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise

Higher Ground Audio

69

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

70

The British History Podcast

Jamie Jeffers

71

Ridiculous Crime

iHeartPodcasts

72

Ask Haviv Anything

Haviv Rettig Gur

73

My Victorian Nightmare

Genevieve Manion

74

Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood

iHeartPodcasts

75

Biography

NOISER

76

Slow Burn

Slate Podcasts

77

School of War

The Free Press

78

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

79

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

Liv Albert

80

Real Vikings

NOISER

81

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

Bart Ehrman

82

The Martyr Made Podcast

Darryl Cooper

83

Government That Doesn't Suck

Rewind Studios

84

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Blue Ewe Media

85

Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare Podcast

Bill Buppert

86

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

87

The History of England

David Crowther

88

First America

Pushkin Industries

89

Long Shadow

Long Lead & PRX

90

Blindspot

The HISTORY® Channel and WNYC Studios

91

The History of Byzantium

thehistoryofbyzantium@gmail.com

92

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

93

پادکست راوکده

Ravkadeh Podcast

94

Master Plan

The Lever & David Sirota

95

Trashy Royals

Hemlock Creatives

96

Dark Histories

Ben Cutmore

97

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Seth Paridon, William Toti

98

Haunted American History

Bloody FM

99

Family Lore

Audacy

100

The History Podcast

BBC Radio 4

101

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102

The Civil War & Reconstruction

Richard Youngdahl

103

HOLLYWOODLAND

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

104

The WW2 Podcast

Angus Wallace

105

The C-Word

Lena Dunham & Alissa Bennett

106

Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order

Rachel Maddow, MS NOW

107

Redacted History

Andre White

108

Zero Hour: A History of 9/11

David de Sola

109

Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra

Rachel Maddow, MS NOW

110

Queens Podcast

Queens Podcast

111

Trust Forward

Sumsub

112

Unobscured

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

113

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

114

راوکست | Ravcast

ravcast

115

Omnibus

Omnibus

116

Past Lives

Patrick Wyman

117

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

118

the memory palace

Nate DiMeo

119

Irish History Podcast

Fin Dwyer

120

Bible Mysteries

Scott Mitchell, Bleav

121

The Explorers Podcast

Matt Breen

122

Noiser Presents

NOISER

123

This Guy Sucked

Multitude

124

A Twist of History

Ballen Studios

125

A History of the World in 100 Objects

BBC Radio 4

126

About That Life

Garrison Hayes

127

This Day (An America 250 History Show)

Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia

128

The WallBuilders Show

Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

129

Our Ancestors Were Messy

Coco Hill Productions

130

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

Dan Carlin

131

MovarekhPodcast احمدهاشمی

احمد هاشمی

132

In Our Time: History

BBC Radio 4

133

History For Sleep with the Drowsy Historian

Drowsy Historian

134

Past Present Future

David Runciman

135

Southern Gothic

Southern Gothic Media

136

The Gilded Gentleman

Carl Raymond

137

Tides of History

Audible / Patrick Wyman

138

REDACTED: Declassified Mysteries with Luke Lamana

Audible | Ballen Studios

139

Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story

Apple TV / AT WILL MEDIA

140

The History of the Twentieth Century

Mark Painter

141

Key Battles of American History

Key Battles of American History

142

WarNotes: A Conflict Podcast

Bill Buppert

143

The Days of Noah

The Days of Noah

144

SNAFU with Ed Helms

iHeartPodcasts

145

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146

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

147

History of the Germans from the Middle Ages to Reunification

Dirk Hoffmann-Becking

148

Lavender Ranks

Knockabout Media

149

True Weird Stuff

Now! Media

150

History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories

History Extra

151

Talking Tudors

Natalie Grueninger

152

Who Killed JFK?

iHeartPodcasts

153

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154

Adolf Hitler: Rise and Downfall

NOISER

155

In Our Time: Science

BBC Radio 4

156

An Old Timey Podcast

An Old Timey Podcast

157

Instant Classics

Vespucci

158

The Ancient World

Scott C.

159

The History of China

Chris Stewart

160

SpyCast

SpyCast

161

Central

My Cultura and iHeartPodcasts

162

The Wild West Extravaganza

The Wild West Extravaganza

163

Our Fake History

PodcastOne

164

The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

Sam Kean

165

Decoding The Unknown

Cloud10

166

American Catholic History

Noelle & Tom Crowe

167

D-Day: The Tide Turns

NOISER

168

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

169

No Ordinary Life - History Podcast

Story One

170

The Tape Library - Archive of the Paranormal & the Unexplained

SpectreVision Radio

171

SPYCRAFT 101

Justin Black

172

Emperors of Rome

Nightlight Productions

173

CONFLICTED

Message Heard

174

Old Gossip with Rebecca Siegel

Rebecca Siegel

175

Here for the History

BBC Sounds

176

东腔西调

大观天下志

177

Combat Story

AJ Pasciuti

178

Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music

Tyler Mahan Coe

179

9/11 Stories: Remembering September 11th, 2001

Q104.3 (WAXQ-FM)

180

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181

Historic Royal Palaces Podcast

Historic Royal Palaces

182

History's Heroes

BBC Radio 4

183

In Our Time: Philosophy

BBC Radio 4

184

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

185

History of Japan

Isaac Meyer

186

The Rest is History

The Rest Is History

187

歴史を面白く学ぶコテンラジオ（COTEN RADIO）

COTEN inc.

188

The Morbid History Podcast

Thomas Gloom

189

History of the Second World War

Wesley Livesay

190

Southern Mysteries Podcast

Shannon Ballard

191

The History Hour

BBC World Service

192

Tudors Dynasty & Beyond

RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson

193

Mobituaries with Mo Rocca

iHeartPodcasts and CBS News

194

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn Podcast Host

195

MovarekhPodcast احمدهاشمی

احمد هاشمی

196

Presidential

The Washington Post

197

Vulgar History: Tudors

Vulgar History | Realm

198

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

GBH News

199

Life Lessons from History

History Extra

200

Battleground

Goalhanger

201

Cold War Conversations

Ian Sanders

202

WW2: Both Sides of The Wire

Prof. Matthias Strohn & Jesse Alexander

203

Rowan & Pine: A Feminist Folklore & Mythology Podcast

Emily & Niamh

204

Defiant Ones: The American Revolution's Bravest Women

The Washington Times / Beautifully Flawed Productions / Tea Party Patriots Foundation / The Women In My World

205

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

206

Legacy

Original Legacy Productions

207

Universe

ashak4418177

208

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209

پادکست پرچم سفید

Ehsan Tarighat

210

American History Hotline

Scratch Track Productions

211

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212

Villains and Virgins History Podcast

Eva Schubert

213

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

Joe Lex

214

Destination Terror

Eeriecast Network

215

How to Take Over the World

Ben Wilson

216

Les grands dossiers de l'Histoire par Franck Ferrand

Radio Classique

217

The MLK Tapes

iHeartPodcasts and Tenderfoot TV

218

More Perfect

WNYC Studios

219

History Tea Time

Lindsay Holiday

220

History of Everything

Stakuyi

221

Revisionist History podcast

bum

222

Mattie On The Homefront

Snowfall Studio

223

Expanse

ABC Australia

224

Heaven's Gate

SiriusXM

225

Megalithic Marvels

Derek Olson

226

Napoleon

NOISER

227

Historically High

Historically High

228

Raymond Ibrahim

Raymond Ibrahim

229

History of the '90s

Kathy Kenzora

230

Very Special Episodes

iHeartPodcasts

231

History of Persia

Trevor Culley and HoPful Media

232

Boring History for Sleep

Boring History for Sleep

233

Patented: History of Inventions

History Hit

234

Floodlines

The Atlantic

235

The History of the Americans

Jack Henneman

236

In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan

PRX

237

Romance of the Three Kingdoms Podcast

John Zhu

238

This Day in History

The HISTORY Channel

239

What'sHerName

Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle

240

Christian History Almanac

1517 Podcasts

241

The Pirate History Podcast

Matt Albers

242

The Halloween Podcast

Lyle Perez

243

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244

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Mark Chrisler

245

Misquoting Moses with Joel Baden

Chris Huntley

246

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Warfare

History Hit

248

Conflicted: A History Podcast

Evergreen Podcasts

249

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250

Curiosity Meets The Past

Dr. Smiti Nathan

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