The Rest Is History (podcast)

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

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. 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.

"First and foremost, because I think people are bored with history being told in a hand-wringing, pious, judgmental and moralistic way – they want it brought to life by people who are genuine enthusiasts and love the past."

— Dominic Sandbrook answering the question What's the secret of its success? in a 2024 interview with The Daily Telegraph.

The Rest is History has now completed over 700 episodes on a range of subjects from Watergate to Lord Nelson.