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

It is the highest-ranked UK history podcast on Spotify and Apple, and in the top 10 in the US charts.

[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.

[6] It received the 2023 President's Medal from the British Academy, the first time this had been awarded to a podcast.

[7] "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.