Industry | Podcasting |
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Founder | Gary Lineker Tony Pastor Jack Davenport |
Headquarters | Kennington, London, England |
Products | The Rest is History The Rest is Politics |
Website | https://www.goalhangerpodcasts.com |
Goalhanger Podcasts(or simply Goalhanger) is a British company that produces and distributes podcasts. It claims to be the UK's largest independent podcast group and the largest outside the US, with over 300 million downloads in 2024 alone. [1]
During the 2024 General Election campaign period, the podcasts The Rest Is Politics and Leading together achieved over 21.6 million total downloads and full episode views on YouTube. Meanwhile, during the 2024 Euros, The Rest Is Football amassed a combined total of 19.6 million downloads and full episode YouTube views. [2]
It was founded by former professional footballer Gary Lineker, along with Tony Pastor and Jack Davenport. [3]
According to the company, Goalhanger’s 12 podcasts collectively achieve more than 40 million downloads a month. [4]
Title | Genre | Hosts | Air date |
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We Have Ways of Making You Talk | History | Al Murray and James Holland | 2 April 2019 |
The Rest Is History | History | Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook | 2 November 2020 |
Battleground | History | Patrick Bishop and Saul David | 4 April 2022 |
The Rest is Politics | Politics | Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart | 2 May 2022 |
Empire | History | William Dalrymple and Anita Anand | 16 August 2022 |
The Rest is Politics: Leading | Politics | Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart | 16 January 2023 |
The Rest is Football | Football | Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards | 7 August 2023 |
The Rest is Money | Economics | Steph McGovern and Robert Peston | 30 August 2023 |
Sherlock & Co. | Scripted podcast | Paul Waggott as Doctor John Watson and Harry Attwell as Sherlock Holmes | 10 October 2023 |
Legacy | History | Peter Frankopan and Afua Hirsch | 15 November 2023 |
The Rest Is Entertainment | Entertainment | Richard Osman and Marina Hyde | 28 November 2023 |
The Rest Is Politics: US | Politics | Anthony Scaramucci and Katty Kay | 24 May 2024 |
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