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History Team, Immediate Media Co.
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HistoryExtra: A passion for the past

Bringing history to life

HistoryExtra is home of Britain’s bestselling history magazine, award-winning podcast, video channels, and the best and most trusted history website.

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A leading voice for history

For more than 20 years, HistoryExtra Magazine, formerly BBC History Magazine, has delivered the latest historical research and ideas research from the world’s leading historians in an accessible and thought-provoking way.

  • 286k

    Monthly print readers

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  • 340k

    Digital users

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  • 1.4m

    Combined social media reach

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  • 2.1m

    Monthly podcast downloads

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The award winning HistoryExtra podcast has entertained and informed listeners for more than 15 years and now boasts more than 2,600 episodes, with a large global reach and engaged listenership.

The HistoryExtra team produce high-quality video content across two YouTube channels (200k subscribers), and directly on our website and app.

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