Top History Podcasts in South Africa

The latest Apple Podcasts History chart for South Africa, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked September 6, 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

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

6

The Ancients

History Hit

7

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Pushkin Industries

8

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

9

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

10

You're Dead to Me

BBC Radio 4

11

British Scandal

Audible

12

Sleepy History

Slumber Studios

13

Real Dictators

NOISER

14

World War II with Tom Hanks

The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy

15

In Our Time

BBC Radio 4

16

American Scandal

Audible

17

The Spy Who

Audible

18

Ancient Civilisations

NOISER

19

History Daily

History Daily

20

HistoryExtra podcast

Immediate

21

Gone Medieval

History Hit

22

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

23

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

History Hit

24

Not Just the Tudors

History Hit

25

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger

26

Dark History

Audioboom Studios

27

THIS IS HISTORY — IN CONVERSATION

Sony Music Entertainment

28

Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

Crime House

29

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

30

Biography

NOISER

31

The Ancients

History Hit

32

A History of the World in 100 Objects

BBC Radio 4

33

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

34

History's Heroes

BBC Radio 4

35

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

36

Forever Ago

Brains On Universe

37

Legacy

Original Legacy Productions

38

Past Present Future

David Runciman

39

Great Zimbabwe: The Lost African Kingdom of Stone — Fexingo History

Fexingo

40

Throughline

NPR

41

Ask Haviv Anything

Haviv Rettig Gur

42

The History Hour

BBC World Service

43

American History Tellers

Audible

44

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall

45

HISTORY This Week

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios

46

The People Profiles

The People Profiles

47

The History Podcast

BBC Radio 4

48

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

49

Lore

Aaron Mahnke

50

Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

51

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

52

CONFLICTED

Message Heard

53

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

Liv Albert

54

The Martyr Made Podcast

Darryl Cooper

55

Hot History

Hot History Production

56

John Kiriakou's Dead Drop

John Kiriakou & Alan Katz

57

Catholic Saints

Augustine Institute

58

Spy Cities

Chatterbox Audio

59

Megalithic Marvels

Derek Olson

60

Destination Terror

Eeriecast Network

61

History of the Second World War

Wesley Livesay

62

Drafting the Past

DTP Media LLC

63

Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

Rewind Studios

64

The Zulu Podcast

Nathi Nxele

65

Forgotten Australia

Michael Adams

66

History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 23)

Thomas Babington Macaulay

67

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Adolf Hitler: Rise and Downfall

NOISER

69

WW1: Not So Quiet On The Western Front!

Dan Hill and Dr. Spencer Jones

70

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Real Vikings

NOISER

72

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

73

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

74

American History Hit

History Hit

75

The History of English Podcast

Kevin Stroud

76

History of South Africa podcast

Desmond Latham

77

Decoding The Unknown

Cloud10

78

History For Sleep with the Drowsy Historian

Drowsy Historian

79

The British History Podcast

Jamie Jeffers

80

The C-Word

Lena Dunham & Alissa Bennett

81

Founding Fathers: An American Dream

NOISER

82

Warfronts

Cloud10

83

The Untitled History Podcast

Gareth Edwards

84

Blindspot

The HISTORY® Channel and WNYC Studios

85

The History of Byzantium

thehistoryofbyzantium@gmail.com

86

School of War

The Free Press

87

History’s Greatest Dishes

HistoryExtra

88

SPILLED.

Delaney & Kendyl Florence

89

Our Fake History

PodcastOne

90

Real Narcos

NOISER

91

My Victorian Nightmare

Genevieve Manion

92

Instant Classics

Vespucci

93

Echoes of History

History Hit & Assassin's Creed

94

Noiser Presents

NOISER

95

Battleground

Goalhanger

96

Portable Audiobooks Inspiring Creativity During Commutes Workouts and Travel

Narrative Notes

97

The Adnan Husain Show

Adnan Husain

98

High School History Recap

William H Palk and Colin du Plessis

99

The History of Palestine: Land, Identity, and Endless Struggle — Fexingo History

Fexingo

100

Helen of Troy and Other Main Players of the Trojan War

Emma Henselin

101

Humorously Dull History for Sleep

Stephen Dalton

102

How to Take Over the World

Ben Wilson

103

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Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

106

Futility Closet

Greg Ross

107

Cost of Glory

Alex Petkas

108

Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

109

Byzantium & Friends

Byzantium & Friends

110

Family Lore

Audacy

111

HOLLYWOODLAND

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

112

The Agency

RNZ

113

HistoryPod

Scott Allsop

114

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

115

SPIEGEL Geschichte

DER SPIEGEL

116

WW2: Both Sides of The Wire

Prof. Matthias Strohn & Jesse Alexander

117

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Womanica

Acast Creative Studios

119

Warfare

History Hit

120

Civil War Breakfast Club

civilwarbreakfastclub

121

Slow Burn

Slate Podcasts

122

The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union

Daniel

123

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

124

SpyMasters

Paul Burke

125

The Smart Cookies podcast

Zaza

126

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

Ian Sanders

127

Blackwell Online Podcasts

Blackwell Online/George Miller

128

Germany: Memories of a Nation

BBC Radio 4

129

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

The History Chicks | AIRWAVE

130

AREA52 - DEBRIEFED With Chris Ramsay

Chris Ramsay

131

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Blue Ewe Media

132

British History: Royals, Rebels, and Romantics

Carol Ann Lloyd

133

Here For The History

BBC Sounds

134

The Old World with Will Tanner

Will Tanner

135

Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music

Tyler Mahan Coe

136

No Ordinary Life - History Podcast

Story One

137

History That Doesn't Suck

Prof. Greg Jackson

138

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Rex Factor

Rex Factor

140

Ranking ‘76:The American West

Matt and Eric

141

The Journal of African History Podcast

The Journal of African History

142

Umlando Weembali: A Southern African History Podcast

Umlando Weembali

143

African History Blog Podcast

Mister F

144

Adventist History Podcast

Matthew Lucio

145

Wild West Deep Dives

Wild West Deep Dives

146

La Vera Storia Della Chiesa

Angela Pellicciari

147

Deep Dive History

Deep Dive History

148

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The Biographers

The Biographers

150

Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood

iHeartPodcasts

151

Into the Depths

National Geographic

152

D-Day: The Tide Turns

NOISER

153

Zwijgen aan Zee

NPO Luister / BNNVARA

154

Zeta-Files

Dire Trip

155

Dark Histories

Ben Cutmore

156

Guerrilla History

Guerrilla History

157

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

158

HistoryExtra Long Reads

History Extra

159

Geschichten aus der Geschichte

Richard Hemmer und Daniel Meßner

160

Battlezone: The Korean War

Battlezone

161

The Redcoat History Podcast

Redcoat History

162

First America

Pushkin Industries

163

Alle Geschiedenis Ooit – Grote Namen

Alle Geschiedenis Ooit

164

Echoes of Empires

Nick Holmes

165

The Scramble for Africa: Greed, Empire, and Borders — Fexingo History

Fexingo

166

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

Dan Carlin

167

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The Story of South Africa: Empire, Apartheid, and Transformation — Fexingo History

Fexingo

169

How Did We Get Here?

BBC Radio 4

170

SpyCast

SpyCast

171

British History Podcast

Exploring British History through stories, people and places.

172

Just The Music Please

Dr. Kyky

173

The Sleepy Scientist

The Sleepy Scientist

174

DEADLY INTENT

Carman Carrion

175

South African Border Wars

Desmond Latham

176

Human History ASMR

ASMR HISTORIAN

177

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

178

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

179

In Our Time: History

BBC Radio 4

180

Bible Mysteries

Scott Mitchell, Bleav

181

History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories

History Extra

182

Geschiedenis voor herbeginners

Jonas Goossenaerts, Filip Vekemans, Benjamin Goyvaerts, Laurent Poschet

183

History Dispatches

Matt and McKinley Breen

184

The Korean War

Jackson

185

Untold Story- Who Is South Africa?

Phindile Masanabo

186

Real Outlaws

NOISER

187

In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan

PRX

188

Au Cœur de l'Histoire

Europe 1

189

After Hotel Rwanda

Foreign Policy

190

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1

Charles Eliot

191

The History of Ceramics

HENI Talks

192

Lost and Hidden History

Forbidden Knowledge Network

193

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Teach Me Communism

Teach Me Communism

195

Long Shadow

Long Lead & PRX

196

Tudors Dynasty & Beyond

RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson

197

Half-Arsed History

Riley Knight

198

the memory palace

Nate DiMeo

199

The Fall of Rome Podcast

Patrick Wyman / Wondery

200

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

201

The Smart Cookies podcast

Zaza

202

Sleepless History: Sleep Documentaries

Sleepless History

203

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today

ABC Australia

204

No One Saw It Coming

ABC Australia

205

The Curious History of Your Home

NOISER

206

Déjà Vu

Al Jazeera

207

Fourth Reich Archaeology

Fourth Reich Archaeology

208

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Alles Geschichte - Der History-Podcast

ARD

210

Ancient Mysteries

Ancient Mysteries

211

The History of China: Dynasties, Revolution, and Global Power — Fexingo History

Fexingo

212

The Team House

dee takos

213

The French History Podcast

Evergreen Podcasts

214

History's Greatest Mysteries

The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios

215

A Twist of History

Ballen Studios

216

Forbidden History

Like A Shot Entertainment

217

Eine kurze Geschichte über...

NOISER

218

Unobscured

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

219

The Triploi Podcast

Triploi

220

The Tape Library - Archive of the Paranormal & the Unexplained

SpectreVision Radio

221

The WallBuilders Show

Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

222

Ancient History Fangirl

Jenny Williamson and Genn McMenemy

223

The History of England

David Crowther

224

Talking Tudors

Natalie Grueninger

225

The Holy Quran, Sheikh Saad Al Ghamdi | القران الكريم سعد الغامدي

Sheikh Saad Al Ghamdi

226

Wiser World

Cloud10

227

Amerika verstehen. Mit Volker Depkat

Deutschlandfunk

228

Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

Evergreen Podcasts | The Honor Project

229

Emperors of Rome

Nightlight Productions

230

The Wild History Of War

Nick Charlie Key

231

In Our Time: Science

BBC Radio 4

232

The Secrets of Statecraft

Hoover Institution

233

Historically High

Historically High

234

Green Hell: A Vietnam War Podcast

Stephen Comstock

235

Podcastul de Istorie

Dorin Lazăr, Sergiu Motreanu

236

Beauty and the Beasts

Beauty and the Beasts

237

The Dead Can't Sue

ABC Australia

238

Historian Sleepy

Historian Sleepy

239

Historie’s Greatest Mysteries

oliana gonzalez

240

The WW2 Podcast

Angus Wallace

241

The Morbid History Podcast

Thomas Gloom

242

History of the Papacy Podcast

History of the Papacy

243

Past Lives

Patrick Wyman

244

The Great War Podcast

Daniel Clark

245

War Stories

FOX News Podcasts

246

Ridiculous Crime

iHeartPodcasts

247

The Book of Enoch

Public Domain Books

248

The Explorers Podcast

Matt Breen

249

Villains and Virgins History Podcast

Eva Schubert

250

The Rise of Modern China: From Empire to Superpower — Fexingo History

Fexingo

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