The Rest Is History (podcast) explained

The Rest Is History
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The Rest Is History is a history podcast hosted by historian and author Dominic Sandbrook and popular historian Tom Holland.^{[1] [2]}

The podcast was launched in November 2020 and is produced by Goalhanger Podcasts.

It is the highest-ranked UK history podcast on Spotify and Apple, and in the top 10 in the US charts.^[3] it has 409 episodes and a rating of 9.7 on IMDb.^[4] In October 2024,The Wall Street Journal revealed the podcast gets 11 million downloads a month, 1.2 million monthly YouTube views and over 45,000 paying subscribers, and seven out of 10 listeners are under 40.^[5] They estimated Holland and Sandbrook each earn nearly $100,000 a month.^[6] It received the 2023 President's Medal from the British Academy, the first time this had been awarded to a podcast.^[7]

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: The Rest is History is breathtaking in its scope. Rachel. Cunliffe. April 20, 2022.
2. News: The Rest is History review — at last, history told the way I like it. James. Marriott. May 24, 2023. www.thetimes.co.uk. subscription.
3. Web site: Listener Numbers, Contacts, Similar Podcasts - The Rest Is History. Rephonic.
4. Web site: The Rest Is History. November 2, 2020. IMDb.
5. Web site: Pancevski . Bojan . 25 October 2024 . How Two Irreverent Historians Made Their Podcast a Global Sensation . 31 October 2024 . The Wall Street Journal.
6. News: Warrington . James . 2024-10-29 . Rest is History hosts pocket £1m a year each . 2024-10-31 . The Telegraph . en-GB . 0307-1235.
7. Web site: 2023-12-05 . The Rest Is History podcast awarded prestigious humanities prize, for success in creating 'a new generation of history enthusiasts' . 2023-12-09 . The British Academy . en.