Podcasts · History · Apple chart November 9, 2026
Top 100 History podcasts
The top 100 history podcasts on the Apple Podcasts US chart for November 9, 2026, with episode counts and host contacts in Media List.
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#1
The Rest Is HistoryGoalhanger
724episodes
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#2
The AncientsHistory Hit
657episodes
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#3
American ScandalAudible Original
164episodes
#1The Rest Is History on the History chart
305episodes, typical show here
2published in the 30 days before November 8, 2026
31shows here with a host contact you can unlock
Key facts
- The Rest Is History is #1 on the Apple Podcasts US History chart for November 9, 2026.
- The top five positions shown here are The Rest Is History (#1), The Ancients (#2), American Scandal (#3), World War II with Tom Hanks (#4), American History Tellers (#5).
- The typical show here has about 305 episodes (Media List's podcast data as of November 8, 2026).
- 31 of the 100 shows on this page have a host contact in Media List.
- Chart checked .
The chart
Top 100 history podcasts, by Apple chart position
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| # | Show | Episodes | Apple | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Top 25 History podcasts | ||||
| 1 | The Rest Is History Goalhanger |
724 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 2 | The Ancients History Hit |
657 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 3 | American Scandal Audible Original |
164 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 4 |  World War II with Tom Hanks The HISTORY Channel | Back Pocket Studios | Audacy |
23 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 5 |  American History Tellers Audible Original |
497 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 6 |  Throughline NPR |
462 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 7 | Lore Aaron Mahnke |
500 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 8 |  Sleepy History Slumber Studios |
118 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 9 |  History That Doesn't Suck Prof. Greg Jackson |
232 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 10 |  Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More Gary Arndt |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 11 |  Stuff You Missed in History Class iHeartPodcasts |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 12 |  Dan Snow's History Hit History Hit |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 13 |  Gone Medieval History Hit |
558 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 14 |  Short History Of... NOISER |
283 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 15 |  In Our Time BBC Radio 4 |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 16 |  Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford Pushkin Industries |
229 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 17 |  Empire: World History Goalhanger |
409 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 18 |  History Daily History Daily |
365 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 19 |  Ask Haviv Anything Haviv Rettig Gur |
152 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 20 |  Revolutions Mike Duncan |
402 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 21 |  The Rest Is Classified Goalhanger |
211 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 22 |  History's Greatest Mysteries The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios |
5 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 23 |  Noble Blood iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild |
308 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 24 |  American History Hit History Hit |
424 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 25 |  After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal History Hit |
314 | Listen | Similar shows |
Top 50, positions 26 to 50 | ||||
| 26 |  Real Survival Stories NOISER |
174 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 27 |  Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Dan Carlin |
13 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 28 |  You're Wrong About Sarah Marshall |
269 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 29 |  The Art Bell Archive Arthur William Bell III |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 30 |  Conspiracy Theories Spotify Studios |
585 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 31 |  Not Just the Tudors History Hit |
561 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 32 |  You're Dead to Me BBC Radio 4 |
289 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 33 |  Real Dictators NOISER |
161 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 34 | Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes Crime House |
125 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 35 |  Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society History Hit |
458 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 36 |  Ridiculous History iHeartPodcasts |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 37 |  The History of Rome Mike Duncan |
193 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 38 |  Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton |
62 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 39 |  WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk Goalhanger |
1,000+ | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 40 |  John Kiriakou's Dead Drop Costard & Touchstone Productions |
52 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 41 |  HistoryExtra podcast Immediate |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 42 |  British Scandal Audible Original |
293 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 43 |  The Spy Who Audible Original |
135 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 44 |  The Bowery Boys: New York City History Tom Meyers, Greg Young |
569 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 45 |  Forever Ago Brains On Universe |
119 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 46 |  The History of English Podcast Kevin Stroud |
203 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 47 |  Legends of the Old West Black Barrel Media |
313 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 48 |  Fall of Civilizations Podcast Fall of Civilizations Podcast |
22 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 49 |  This is History: The Tudors Sony Music Entertainment |
193 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 50 | HISTORY This Week The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios |
347 | Listen | Similar shows |
Positions 51 to 100 | ||||
| 51 |  Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild |
864 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 52 |  AREA52 Podcast With Chris Ramsay Chris Ramsay |
87 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 53 |  History Unplugged Podcast History Unplugged |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 54 |  Trashy Divorces Hemlock Creatives |
588 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 55 |  Ridiculous Crime iHeartPodcasts |
487 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 56 |  Catholic Saints Augustine Institute |
379 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 57 | Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat Rewind Studios |
21 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 58 |  Dark History Audioboom Studios |
196 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 59 |  The British History Podcast Jamie Jeffers |
546 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 60 | پادکست رخ Rokh Podcast |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 61 |  راوکست | Ravcast ravcast |
119 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 62 |  The UnBelievable The HISTORY Channel | Rewind Studios |
6 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 63 |  Infamous America Black Barrel Media |
305 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 64 | Calm History (not A.I. & no loud ads) - Bedtime Sleep Stories for Education & Relaxation Harris | ASMR & Insomnia Network |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 65 |  School of War The Free Press |
344 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 66 |  The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War Seth Paridon, Jon Parshall, William Toti |
249 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 67 |  The History of England David Crowther |
519 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 68 |  Right Answers Mostly Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo |
230 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 69 |  Past Present Future David Runciman |
341 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 70 |  Ancient Civilisations NOISER |
46 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 71 |  The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast The History Chicks | AIRWAVE |
365 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 72 |  Slow Burn Slate Podcasts |
223 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 73 |  The Big Dig Season 4: Mitt & Ted, a healthcare story GBH News |
52 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 74 |  Master Plan The Lever & David Sirota |
25 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 75 |  Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman Bart Ehrman |
205 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 76 |  Gunfighters MeatEater |
45 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 77 |  Haunted American History Bloody FM |
403 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 78 |  The History of WWII Podcast Ray Harris Jr |
660 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 79 |  The Team House dee takos |
647 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 80 |  the memory palace Nate DiMeo |
327 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 81 |  American Revolution Podcast Michael Troy |
575 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 82 |  The History of Byzantium thehistoryofbyzantium@gmail.com |
435 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 83 |  Biography NOISER |
18 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 84 |  Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts |
581 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 85 | Celebrity Ghost Stories A&E | Rewind Studios |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 86 |  The History of the Twentieth Century Mark Painter |
463 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 87 |  Trashy Royals Hemlock Creatives |
174 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 88 |  What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy Rewind Studios |
1 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 89 |  The Martyr Made Podcast Darryl Cooper |
34 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 90 |  Omnibus Omnibus |
700 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 91 |  Southern Gothic Southern Gothic Media |
380 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 92 |  The Explorers Podcast Matt Breen |
269 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 93 |  The Gilded Gentleman Carl Raymond |
157 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 94 |  The WallBuilders Show Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 95 |  Dark Histories Ben Cutmore |
259 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 96 | The C-Word Lena Dunham & Alissa Bennett |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 97 |  Who Did What Now With Katie Charlwood iHeartPodcasts |
240 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 98 |  If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater CUNY TV |
18 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 99 |  پادکست راوکده Ravkadeh Podcast | محمدعلی نامه ای |
67 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 100 |  Done & Dunne Hemlock Creatives |
299 | Listen | Similar shows |
How this list is made
Chart positions from Apple Podcasts (US), November 9, 2026. Positions follow Apple's chart, and a show removed on request leaves a gap. We check the charts every week. Episode counts come from Media List's podcast data as of November 8, 2026; Podcast Index caps counts at 1,000, so 1,000+ means at least that many. Host contacts unlock in Media List where we hold one for the show.
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What are the top history podcasts right now?
On the Apple Podcasts US History chart for November 9, 2026, the top five positions shown here are The Rest Is History (#1), The Ancients (#2), American Scandal (#3), World War II with Tom Hanks (#4), American History Tellers (#5).
How is this list ranked?
By chart position on the Apple Podcasts US History chart on November 9, 2026. Positions follow Apple's chart, and a show removed on request leaves a gap. Media List adds episode counts and host contacts.
How often is this list updated?
We check the Apple Podcasts charts every week. The date above is the date of the chart shown on this page.
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31 of the shows on this list have a host contact in Media List. Plans start at $99 a month.
How many episodes do these podcasts have?
The typical show on this list has about 305 episodes, based on Media List's podcast data as of November 8, 2026.
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