Top History Podcasts in United States

The latest Apple Podcasts History chart for United States, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked August 30, 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

American Scandal

Audible

5

The Ancients

History Hit

6

American History Tellers

Audible

7

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

8

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

9

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

10

Throughline

NPR

11

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

12

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

13

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

14

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

15

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

16

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

17

Gone Medieval

History Hit

18

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

19

History Daily

History Daily

20

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

21

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

22

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

23

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

24

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

25

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

26

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

27

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

28

Short History Of...

NOISER

29

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

History Hit

30

Master Plan

The Lever & David Sirota

31

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

32

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

33

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

34

American History Hit

History Hit

35

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

36

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

37

The Art Bell Archive

Arthur William Bell III

38

British Scandal

Audible

39

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

40

If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

CUNY TV

41

The Spy Who

Audible

42

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

43

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

44

First America

Pushkin Industries

45

Forever Ago

Brains On Universe

46

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

47

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

48

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

49

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

Harris | ASMR & Insomnia Network

50

THIS IS HISTORY — IN CONVERSATION

Sony Music Entertainment

51

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers, Greg Young

52

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

53

Dark History

Audioboom Studios

54

Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise

Higher Ground Audio

55

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

56

پادکست رخ

Rokh Podcast

57

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

The History Chicks | AIRWAVE

58

Real Dictators

NOISER

59

School of War

The Free Press

60

Government That Doesn't Suck

Rewind Studios

61

Slow Burn

Slate Podcasts

62

Catholic Saints

Augustine Institute

63

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

64

Family Lore

Audacy

65

The History of English Podcast

Kevin Stroud

66

Ridiculous Crime

iHeartPodcasts

67

Ancient Civilisations

NOISER

68

AREA52 - DEBRIEFED With Chris Ramsay

Chris Ramsay

69

Ask Haviv Anything

Haviv Rettig Gur

70

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

71

Rowan & Pine: A Feminist Folklore & Mythology Podcast

Emily & Niamh

72

The British History Podcast

Jamie Jeffers

73

Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood

iHeartPodcasts

74

Biography

NOISER

75

the memory palace

Nate DiMeo

76

HOLLYWOODLAND

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

77

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

Joe Lex

78

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

Bart Ehrman

79

The History of England

David Crowther

80

The Martyr Made Podcast

Darryl Cooper

81

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Seth Paridon, William Toti

82

Real Vikings

NOISER

83

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

84

Our Ancestors Were Messy

Coco Hill Productions

85

Dark Histories

Ben Cutmore

86

The WallBuilders Show

Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

87

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

88

The History of Byzantium

thehistoryofbyzantium@gmail.com

89

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

90

Romance of the Three Kingdoms Podcast

John Zhu

91

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Blue Ewe Media

92

Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story

Apple TV / AT WILL MEDIA

93

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

94

Haunted American History

Bloody FM

95

Noiser Presents

NOISER

96

Unobscured

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

97

My Victorian Nightmare

Genevieve Manion

98

Whatʻs the Connection?

Kai and Ka‘imi ‘Ike ~ Good Juju Everywhere

99

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

100

A History of the World in 100 Objects

BBC Radio 4

101

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

102

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

Liv Albert

103

Omnibus

Omnibus

104

Old Gossip with Rebecca Siegel

Rebecca Siegel

105

Hot History

Hot History Production

106

Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order

Rachel Maddow, MS NOW

107

The C-Word

Lena Dunham & Alissa Bennett

108

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

109

Here For The History

BBC Sounds

110

Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra

Rachel Maddow, MS NOW

111

The Civil War & Reconstruction

Richard Youngdahl

112

The WW2 Podcast

Angus Wallace

113

History of the 90s: The Tupac Murder Trial

Kathy Kenzora

114

Our Fake History

PodcastOne

115

Tides of History

Audible / Patrick Wyman

116

Past Lives

Patrick Wyman

117

The Explorers Podcast

Matt Breen

118

Beyond Mount Rushmore

Podcast Playground

119

Trashy Royals

Hemlock Creatives

120

Adolf Hitler: Rise and Downfall

NOISER

121

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122

REDACTED: Declassified Mysteries with Luke Lamana

Audible | Ballen Studios

123

Redacted History

Andre White

124

The Wild West Extravaganza

The Wild West Extravaganza

125

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

Dan Carlin

126

MovarekhPodcast احمدهاشمی

احمد هاشمی

127

راوکست | Ravcast

ravcast

128

Irish History Podcast

Fin Dwyer

129

Historic Royal Palaces Podcast

Historic Royal Palaces

130

Vulgar History: Tudors

Vulgar History | Realm

131

Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music

Tyler Mahan Coe

132

The History Podcast

BBC Radio 4

133

Southern Gothic

Southern Gothic Media

134

History For Sleep with the Drowsy Historian

Drowsy Historian

135

Instant Classics

Vespucci

136

An Old Timey Podcast

An Old Timey Podcast

137

In Our Time: History

BBC Radio 4

138

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139

D-Day: The Tide Turns

NOISER

140

Christian History Almanac

1517 Podcasts

141

SpyCast

SpyCast

142

The History of Ceramics

HENI Talks

143

Combat Story

AJ Pasciuti

144

Field Trip

The Washington Post

145

Bible Mysteries

Scott Mitchell, Bleav

146

History of the Second World War

Wesley Livesay

147

History's Greatest Mysteries

Rewind Studios

148

The Gilded Gentleman

Carl Raymond

149

Battleground

Goalhanger

150

Key Battles of American History

Key Battles of American History

151

Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

152

SNAFU with Ed Helms

iHeartPodcasts

153

SPYCRAFT 101

Justin Black

154

Plagues with Dr. Keith

Keith Sumey, MD

155

About That Life

Garrison Hayes

156

The Big Dig

GBH News

157

The History of the Twentieth Century

Mark Painter

158

Chizcast | چیزکست

Arshiya Attari

159

Southern Mysteries Podcast

Shannon Ballard

160

The Ancient World

Scott C.

161

The MLK Tapes

iHeartPodcasts and Tenderfoot TV

162

Who Killed JFK?

iHeartPodcasts

163

American Catholic History

Noelle & Tom Crowe

164

Floodlines

The Atlantic

165

东腔西调

大观天下志

166

Tudors Dynasty & Beyond

RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson

167

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168

The American West

MeatEater

169

Emperors of Rome

Nightlight Productions

170

The History of China

Chris Stewart

171

Decoding The Unknown

Cloud10

172

Megalithic Marvels

Derek Olson

173

Destination Terror

Eeriecast Network

174

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

Ian Sanders

175

Great Business Stories

Caemin

176

History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories

History Extra

177

WW2: Both Sides of The Wire

Prof. Matthias Strohn & Jesse Alexander

178

This Day (An America 250 History Show)

Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia

179

Past Present Future

David Runciman

180

A Twist of History

Ballen Studios

181

Fourth Reich Archaeology

Fourth Reich Archaeology

182

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Mark Chrisler

183

Breaking History

The Free Press

184

Long Shadow

Long Lead & PRX

185

In Our Time: Science

BBC Radio 4

186

History of Japan

Isaac Meyer

187

歴史を面白く学ぶコテンラジオ（COTEN RADIO）

COTEN inc.

188

The History of the Americans

Jack Henneman

189

How to Take Over the World

Ben Wilson

190

The Days of Noah

The Days of Noah

191

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn Podcast Host

192

Misquoting Moses with Joel Baden

Chris Huntley

193

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194

Subliminal Jihad

Subliminal Jihad

195

Talking Tudors

Natalie Grueninger

196

Queens Podcast

Queens Podcast

197

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

198

پادکست راوکده

Ravkadeh Podcast

199

Real Narcos

NOISER

200

The Pirate History Podcast

Matt Albers

201

No Ordinary Life - History Podcast

Story One

202

The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Jeff Nadu

203

History of the Germans from the Middle Ages to Reunification

Dirk Hoffmann-Becking

204

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

205

History of Everything

Stakuyi

206

More Perfect

WNYC Studios

207

The Tape Library - Archive of the Paranormal & the Unexplained

SpectreVision Radio

208

The Context

NewsChina

209

Les grands dossiers de l'Histoire par Franck Ferrand

Radio Classique

210

The History Hour

BBC World Service

211

Cost of Glory

Alex Petkas

212

Everything 80s

Jamie Logie | 1980s Pop Culture & Nostalgia

213

ArchaeoEd Podcast

Dr. Ed Barnhart

214

Lavender Ranks

Knockabout Media

215

Legacy

Original Legacy Productions

216

SOGCast: Untold Stories of MAC V SOG

John Stryker Meyer

217

In Our Time: Philosophy

BBC Radio 4

218

History's Heroes

BBC Radio 4

219

History Tea Time

Lindsay Holiday

220

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221

شاهنامه خودمونی

سعید غلامی

222

True Weird Stuff

Now! Media

223

Mobituaries with Mo Rocca

iHeartPodcasts and CBS News

224

History Dispatches

Matt and McKinley Breen

225

Presidential

The Washington Post

226

Shield of the Republic

The Bulwark

227

Villains and Virgins History Podcast

Eva Schubert

228

Executive Dysfunction

Amanda Nelson

229

Hoax!

iHeartPodcasts

230

Warfare

History Hit

231

Conflicted: A History Podcast

Evergreen Podcasts

232

Zero Hour: A History of 9/11

David de Sola

233

Life Lessons from History

History Extra

234

This Day in History

The HISTORY Channel

235

Our Thing with Sammy The Bull

Sammy "The Bull" Gravano

236

This Guy Sucked

Multitude

237

Expanse

ABC Australia

238

WW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front!

Dan Hill and Dr. Spencer Jones

239

野史下酒｜有趣的历史故事

恶霸波

240

Rex Factor

Rex Factor

241

This American President

This American President

242

The Secret Teachings

Ryan Gable

243

The Hellenistic Age Podcast

The Hellenistic Age Podcast

244

CONFLICTED

Message Heard

245

In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan

PRX

246

Napoleon

NOISER

247

Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

Evergreen Podcasts | The Honor Project

248

Reconquista

Sharyn Eastaugh

249

Founded

Tori Phantom

250

Ask A Vet Podcast

Curious Humanography

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