Goalhanger
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London, UK
The UK's largest independent podcast company
Website: www.goalhangerpodcasts.com
About Goalhanger
Goalhanger is the UK’s largest independent podcast producer and the biggest outside the US. We make chart-topping, story-first shows across history, politics, sport, business, entertainment, current affairs, and audio drama, reaching tens of millions around the world each month. Our podcasts include The Rest Is History, The Rest Is Politics, Empire, The Rest Is Entertainment, The Rest Is Politics: US, Leading, The Rest Is Money, Journey Through Time, The Rest Is Football, Sherlock & Co., The Rest Is Classified, The Rest Is Football: Daly Brightness, and We Have Ways of Making You Talk. In 2024 alone, our programmes were downloaded over 400 million times. But Goalhanger is more than just a podcast network. We’re a new-generation cultural media brand producing across YouTube, live events, and long-form audio. From in-depth interviews and cultural commentary to immersive storytelling, everything we create is rooted in trust, talent, and curiosity. Goalhanger is shaping the future of media, one great conversation at a time. Read more here: https://www.goalhangerpodcasts.com/
Latest news
- Aug 27: The top 25 shows in the UK was released by Edison Research Podcast Metrics. In the top 5, three shows are from Goalhanger. The list now includes people who only watch podcasts and never listen - beneficiaries of this include Diary of a CEO, the BBC’s Newscast (which is broadcast on TV), and Call Her Daddy.
- Aug 20: Goalhanger’s co-founder Jack Davenport spoke with our Editor, James Cridland, at Podcast Movement. He told a story of discovering via the company’s email inbox that one of the fans of The Rest Is History is Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney - who was listening to an episode with Tom Hanks. The moral of the story - put your email address on your podcast’s website: and check your inbox: you never know who’s listening.
- Aug 4: The Rest is Football has launches a fantasy football game called The Players Lounge. The show is made by Goalhanger.
- Jul 25: New keynote sessions have been announced for Podcast Movement Dallas - the award-winning Tom Webster; the excellent Aussie podcasters Toni & Ryan; and a keynote about podcast growth from Goalhanger executives.
- Jul 18: Podcast Movement made its first keynote speaker announcements for Podcast Movement 2025 in Dallas, TX this August. Jack Davenport, co-founder of Goalhanger (above), the UK’s biggest independent podcaster, will give us his “lessons from across the pond”; Gabriel Soto from Edison Research will share what we know about podcasting’s new listeners; and Lauren Passell and Arielle Nissenblatt (who love our podcast) will speak about the best podcast growth tips.
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