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Top 500 most popular History series that started in the 2010s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Shahriar

★ 5.7
295 34 2011–2011
Biography · Drama · History

The Greeks

★ 7.6
294 3 2016–present
Documentary · History

A Stitch in Time

★ 8.5
292 6 2018–2018
Biography · Documentary · History

The Pacific War in Color

★ 8.5
292 8 2018–2018
Documentary · History · War

Ancient Civilizations

★ 7.0
292 53 2017–present
History · Mystery

Taken at Birth

★ 8.1
291 6 2019–2019
Documentary · History

One Hit Wonderland

★ 8.5
290 118 2012–present
Documentary · History · Music

Hitler's Last Stand

★ 6.3
290 28 2018–present
Documentary · History · War

True North

★ 8.0
287 52 2016–present
Crime · Drama · History

Immortal Egypt

★ 7.7
286 4 2016–2016
Documentary · History

Africa's Great Civilizations

★ 7.2
285 6 2017–2017
Documentary · History

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

★ 7.8
282 4 2016–present
History

The Four Sisters

★ 8.2
282 4 2018–2018
Documentary · History

Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages

★ 8.5
282 12 2014–present
Documentary · History

American Epic

★ 8.0
280 4 2015–2017
Documentary · History · Music

Beauty Hao Lan

★ 7.1
278 62 2019–2019
Drama · History · Romance

Gulag: The History

★ 8.0
277 3 2019–present
Documentary · History

Sunset Oasis

★ 7.8
276 30 2017–2017
Drama · History · War

Três Mulheres

★ 7.8
275 23 2018–2022
Biography · Drama · History

Cuo Dian Yuan Yang

★ 8.9
274 2012–2012
Comedy · History · Romance

Life of a Mistress

★ 7.0
273 18 2018–2018
History

The Ascent of Woman

★ 8.0
270 4 2015–present
Documentary · History

Crveni mesec

★ 2.5
268 11 2019–present
Drama · History · Romance

My Grandparents' War

★ 8.0
267 8 2019–present
Biography · Documentary · History
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