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

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500 series (top 500 shown)

100 Days My Prince

★ 7.8
5K 16 2018–2018
K-drama · Love story

The Magnificent Century: Kosem

★ 6.7
5K 60 2015–2017
Turkish drama

Rillington Place

★ 7.1
5K 3 2016–2016
Bleak · Dark tone · True crime

Dark Side of the Ring

★ 8.7
5K 69 2019–present
Docuseries · Dark tone · Episodic

The Empress Ki

★ 8.4
5K 51 2013–2014
Royalty & aristocracy · K-drama

Upstart Crow

★ 7.7
5K 22 2016–2020
Sitcom · British TV

Banished

★ 7.4
4K 7 2015–2015
Period piece · Gritty · Survival

Traitors

★ 6.6
4K 6 2019–2019
Espionage · Political intrigue

1864

★ 6.8
4K 8 2014–2014
War & military · Real history

Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung

★ 8.1
4K 40 2019–2019
K-drama · Period piece

Charité

★ 7.8
4K 25 2017–present
Medical · Real history

The Red Tent

★ 7.2
4K 2 2014–2014
Female perspective · Period piece

State of Happiness

★ 7.9
4K 24 2018–2024
Period piece · Family saga

Harley and the Davidsons

★ 8.0
4K 3 2016–2016
Real history · Period piece

Titanic

★ 6.1
4K 4 2012–2012
Period piece · Class divide

Epic Rap Battles of History

★ 8.1
4K 91 2010–present
Sketch & variety · Music scene

Mission Over Mars

★ 7.5
4K 8 2019–present
Real history · Period piece

Prohibition

★ 8.2
4K 3 2011–2011
Docuseries · Real history

The Great Doctor

★ 7.9
4K 24 2012–2012
K-drama · Time travel

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco

★ 6.9
4K 8 2018–2018
Detective mystery

Yunus Emre

★ 8.3
3K 45 2015–2016
Faith & religion · Period piece

Apocalypse la 1ère Guerre mondiale

★ 8.8
3K 5 2014–2014
War & military · Docuseries

My Country: The New Age

★ 8.1
3K 16 2019–2019
Action · Drama · History

The Last Post

★ 7.3
3K 6 2017–2017
Drama · History · Romance
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