Top History Podcasts in South Africa

The latest Apple Podcasts History chart for South Africa, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked October 28, 2026.

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The Rest Is History

Goalhanger

2

Short History Of...

NOISER

3

History of South Africa podcast

Desmond Latham

4

Empire: World History

Goalhanger

5

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

6

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

7

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

8

Real Dictators

NOISER

9

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

10

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

11

The Spy Who

Audible

12

The Ancients

History Hit

13

British Scandal

Audible

14

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

15

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

16

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

History Hit

17

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

18

History Daily

History Daily

19

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

20

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

21

Gone Medieval

History Hit

22

Ancient Civilisations

NOISER

23

American Scandal

Audible Original

24

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

25

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

26

South African Border Wars

Desmond Latham

27

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

28

Biography

NOISER

29

13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble

BBC World Service

30

Spy Cities

Chatterbox Audio

31

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

32

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

33

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

34

This is History: The Tudors

Sony Music Entertainment

35

Legacy

Original Legacy Productions

36

The History Podcast

BBC Radio 4

37

Ask Haviv Anything

Haviv Rettig Gur

38

History of South Africa podcast

Desmond Latham

39

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

40

Dark History

Audioboom Studios

41

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

42

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

43

What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy

Rewind Studios

44

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

45

Expanse

ABC Australia

46

REDACTED: Declassified Mysteries with Luke Lamana

Audible | Ballen Studios

47

Noiser Presents

NOISER

48

Past Present Future

David Runciman

49

Throughline

NPR

50

Real Vikings

NOISER

51

History's Heroes

BBC Radio 4

52

Forever Ago

Brains On Universe

53

Warfronts

Cloud10

54

SpyCast

SpyCast

55

The Story of Money

Financial Times

56

D-Day: The Tide Turns

NOISER

57

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

58

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

59

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

60

Adolf Hitler: Rise and Downfall

NOISER

61

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

62

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My Victorian Nightmare

Genevieve Manion

64

Stuff The British Stole

ABC Australia and CBC

65

The Martyr Made Podcast

Darryl Cooper

66

Decoding The Unknown

Cloud10

67

Florence: The city that changed the World

AEDO Media

68

In Our Time: History

BBC Radio 4

69

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

70

An Old Timey Podcast

An Old Timey Podcast

71

The Ghoul Guides Association

The Ghoul Guides

72

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

73

More Than A Story

Moxi Nicols

74

History Dispatches

Matt and McKinley Breen

75

The Great Depression

Podra Network

76

The History Hour

BBC World Service

77

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

78

Hot History

Hot History Production

79

History's Greatest Cities

History Extra

80

Conspiracy Cabal

Southern Ocean Media

81

Napoleon Bonaparte: Genius, Tyrant, or Both? — Fexingo History

Fexingo

82

Dinner Party History

Dinner Party History

83

WW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front!

Dan Hill and Dr. Spencer Jones

84

The Holocaust History Podcast

Waitman Wade Beorn

85

History After Dark Podcast

History After Dark

86

The War Office

The Operations Room

87

School of War

The Free Press

88

American History Hit

History Hit

89

WW2 Stories & Real War Stories

Pod Hour

90

French Revolution & Napoleon (Grey History)

Grey History (William Clark)

91

The History of the Twentieth Century

Mark Painter

92

Irish History Podcast

Fin Dwyer

93

WW2: Both Sides of The Wire

Prof. Matthias Strohn & Jesse Alexander

94

Blind History

The Gareth Cliff Show

95

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

96

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De Geschiedenisreis

Thijs en Leander | Geschiedenis Podcast

98

Megalithic Marvels

Derek Olson

99

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Kinky History

Dr Esmé Louise James

101

The History of England

David Crowther

102

Catholic Saints

Augustine Institute

103

AREA52 Podcast With Chris Ramsay

Chris Ramsay

104

Nightshift – Kurzgesagt After Dark

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

105

Moonrise

The Washington Post

106

Обыкновенная история

Исторический музей

107

Curiosity Meets The Past

Dr. Smiti Nathan

108

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

109

The Zulu Podcast

Nathi Nxele

110

Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order

Rachel Maddow, MS NOW

111

Journey Through Time

Goalhanger

112

Questions & Ancestors with Alex Jones

Telegraph Media Group

113

For the Ages: A History Podcast

The New York Historical

114

The Irish History Show

Cathal Brennan and John Dorney

115

SUITS

SARA AMAYA MONTOYA

116

Can't Make This Up

Can't Make This Up

117

Today In History with The Retrospectors

The Retrospectors

118

How to Take Over the World

Ben Wilson

119

History of the Second World War

Wesley Livesay

120

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Mark Chrisler

121

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

122

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

123

No One Saw It Coming

ABC Australia

124

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

Liv Albert

125

Church History for Everyone

Clearly Reformed

126

American History Tellers

Audible

127

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

128

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

Bart Ehrman

129

The Soviet Union: The Rise of a New Empire — Fexingo History

Fexingo

130

Queens, Kings, and Dastardly Things

Daily Mail

131

The Holy Quran, Sheikh Maher Al-Muaiqly | القران الكريم ماهر المعيقلي

Maher Al-Muaiqly

132

A Twist of History

Ballen Studios

133

Eine kurze Geschichte über...

NOISER

134

Emperors of Rome

Nightlight Productions

135

Biblical Time Machine

Helen Bond & Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

136

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Seth Paridon, Jon Parshall, William Toti

137

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

Harris | ASMR & Insomnia Network

138

Historic Royal Palaces Podcast

Historic Royal Palaces

139

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

140

Adventist History Podcast

Matthew Lucio

141

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The End of Innocence - The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

John Young

143

Battles of the First World War Podcast

Mike Cunha

144

The Days of Noah

The Days of Noah

145

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Bible Mysteries

Scott Mitchell, Bleav

147

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

148

History’s Greatest Dishes

HistoryExtra

149

Combat Story

AJ Pasciuti

150

HOLLYWOODLAND

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

151

The Explorers Podcast

Matt Breen

152

Uncovered: The Bible as Historical Document

Carl Creasman

153

History of Africa

The History of Africa Podcast

154

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The Cold War: Prelude To The Present

The Daily Wire

156

Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children

iHeartPodcasts

157

Hoax!

iHeartPodcasts

158

Invention

iHeartPodcasts

159

Napoleón Bonaparte. Vida y tiempo.

Napoleon Bonaparte

160

Ridiculous Romance

iHeartPodcasts

161

America's Forgotten Heroes

The Daily Wire

162

In Our Time: Science

BBC Radio 4

163

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164

Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood

iHeartPodcasts

165

the memory palace

Nate DiMeo

166

Ottoman Empire Podcast

Frank

167

The People Profiles

The People Profiles

168

CONFLICTED

Message Heard

169

Real Narcos

NOISER

170

Ancient Mysteries

Ancient Mysteries

171

Gunfighters

MeatEater

172

Philosophy Overdose

Philosophy Overdose

173

The Roman Empire: Everything You Need to Know | Complete History from Rise to Fall

Savant

174

Misquoting Moses with Joel Baden

Chris Huntley

175

Dark Histories

Ben Cutmore

176

The Fantastic History Of Food

Nick Charlie Key

177

Womanica

Acast Creative Studios

178

HistoryExtra Long Reads

History Extra

179

The Secrets of Statecraft

Hoover Institution

180

My Lunch Break

MY LUNCH BREAK

181

Shock and War: Iraq 20 Years On

BBC Radio 4

182

Significant Others

Team Coco

183

Uprising: The Civil Wars

History Extra

184

Fidel Castro: Trouble in Paradise

NOISER

185

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

186

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

The History Chicks | AIRWAVE

187

Ancient Lives with Mary Beard

BBC Radio 4

188

Tatort Geschichte - True Crime meets History

Bayerischer Rundfunk

189

History to Sleep Through

History to Sleep Through

190

Clubs of London

Clubs of London

191

Ridiculous Crime

iHeartPodcasts

192

The Wild History Of War

Nick Charlie Key

193

The Tape Library - Archive of the Paranormal & the Unexplained

SpectreVision Radio

194

Half-Arsed History

Riley Knight

195

Tudors Dynasty & Beyond

RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson

196

Creation Talk Podcast

Creation Ministries International

197

The Gilded Gentleman

Carl Raymond

198

Conflicted: A History Podcast

Evergreen Podcasts

199

The Hong Kong History Podcast

Stephen Davies, DJ Clark

200

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201

History Tea Time

Lindsay Holiday

202

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Blue Ewe Media

203

Cold War Conversations

Ian Sanders

204

The WW2 Podcast

Angus Wallace

205

The C-Word

Lena Dunham & Alissa Bennett

206

The Sit Down: A Crime History Podcast

Jeff Nadu

207

Battleground

Goalhanger

208

Here for the History

BBC Sounds

209

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The WallBuilders Show

Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

211

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Ranking ‘76:The American West

Matt and Eric

213

The History of English Podcast

Kevin Stroud

214

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215

Face à l'histoire

France Inter

216

راوکست | Ravcast

ravcast

217

Southern Gothic

Southern Gothic Media

218

The Curious History of Your Home

NOISER

219

The Ancient World

Scott C.

220

Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs

Rich Napolitano

221

The Battle of Stalingrad

Des Latham

222

Forbidden History

Like A Shot Entertainment

223

WDR Zeitzeichen

WDR

224

When It Goes Wrong

Jasmin Charlotte

225

Geschichten aus der Geschichte

Richard Hemmer und Daniel Meßner

226

Moments in South African History

SABC Radio News

227

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn Podcast Host

228

Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Christianity Today

229

The Biographers

The Biographers

230

Rex Factor

Rex Factor

231

SPYCRAFT 101

Justin Black

232

Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

233

World War 2 LIVE

Mark Fastoso

234

Les grands dossiers de l'Histoire par Franck Ferrand

Radio Classique

235

African History

CLEON SOGBIE

236

The Invention Of...

BBC Radio 4

237

Instant Classics

Vespucci

238

The Last Archive

Pushkin Industries

239

The Team House

dee takos

240

Oh What A Time...

Pop! Pop!

241

The Rest of History

The Rest of History

242

Battlezone: The Vietnam War

U.S. Army Camera Crew

243

The Monumental Story of World War II

The Monumental Story of World War II

244

Ancient Egypt History

Ancient Egypt History

245

時間的女兒：八卦歷史

Hazel

246

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The Ancients

History Hit

248

Russian Rulers History Podcast

Mark Schauss

249

The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

Sam Kean

250

Lawless Planet

Audible

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