The Rest Is History (podcast)


The Rest Is History is a history podcast hosted by historian and author Dominic Sandbrook and author and translator Tom Holland.
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Overview

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. By June 2023 it had issued 409 episodes and had a rating of 9.7 on IMDb. In October 2024, The Wall Street Journal revealed the podcast achieved 11 million downloads a month, 1.2 million monthly YouTube views and had over 45,000 paying subscribers; 7 out of 10 listeners were aged under 40. In 2024, it was estimated that Holland and Sandbrook each earned nearly $100,000 a month. The series received the 2023 President's Medal from the British Academy, the first time this had been awarded to a podcast.
The Rest is History has now completed over 800 episodes on a range of subjects from Watergate to Lord Nelson. Associated with the show is a paid subscription service called The Rest Is History Club, which offers subscribers early access to episodes, bonus episodes, and other exclusive content.