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Media Kit

Thank you for your interest in Footnoting History. This podcast is hosted by a rotation of six historians dedicated to sharing interesting, obscure history with the general public in entertaining bite-sized portions. Created by Elizabeth Keohane-Burbridge, we have been creating and releasing new content since February 2013 and are excited to be celebrating our 7th anniversary!

To learn more about our podcasters and episodes, please visit our About and Archive pages. If you are interested in speaking with us, please either use the Contact form or email us at footnotinghistory@gmail.com. Below you will find the basics of our podcast, our statistics, press profiles, artwork, and more:

[All information is updated as of November 2020. Numbers of downloads, subscribers, and for listener geography are via PodBean.]

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Team
  • Elizabeth Keohane-Burbridge, Producer
  • Christine Caccipuoti, Assistant Producer
  • Lucy Barnhouse, Contributor
  • Josh Hevert, Contributor
  • Lesley Skousen, Contributor
  • Kristin Uscinski, Contributor

Basics

  • 228 episodes released
  • A new episode every two weeks (always on Saturday)
  • Average episode length varies from 15-25 minutes
  • Genre: History
  • Tagline: "Because the best stories are in the footnotes!"
  • Host: PodBean (direct RSS link: footnotinghistory.podbean.com/feed.xml)

Stats

  • Over 2.9 million downloads since February 2013
  • An average of 35,000 downloads per month
  • An average of 7,500 downloads per episode within 30 days of release
  • An average of 2,300 unique visitors to footnotinghistory.com per month
  • An average of 3,700 page views on footnotinghistory.com per month
  • 347 ratings on Apple Podcasts with an average of 4.5 stars

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Social Media Presence

  • Twitter: Approximately 4,000 followers for @historyfootnote, averaging 1.5% engagement
  • Facebook: Approximately 1,200 likes on @footnotinghistory
  • Pinterest: Approximately 22,400 monthly viewers for @footnotinghistory
  • Newsletter: Approximately 400 subscribers
  • Instagram: Approximately 350 followers for @footnotinghistory 

Listener Geography

Top 10 States*:
  • California
  • New York
  • Texas
  • Illinois
  • Florida
  • Virginia
  • Maryland
  • Washington
  • Pennsylvania
  • Michigan
 
Top 5 Countries*:
  • United States
  • Canada
  • United Kingdom
  • Australia
  • Germany
 
* All 50 states and 90+ countries contain Footnoting History listeners

Accolades
  • 2018 Podcast Awards: Best Education Podcast (Nominated)

Publications
  • "Footnoting History for the Public" by Christine Caccipuoti and Elizabeth Keohane-Burbridge in Independent Scholars Meet the World, University Press of Kansas, October 2020.

Selected Press

  • "5 Informative And Entertaining Podcasts", Wiki.ezvid.com, April 2020.
  • "Under the Radar: Footnoting History", Podcast Magazine, March 2020.
  • "Bringing History to the World with Christine Caccipuoti", The Hour of History Podcast, February 2019
  • "A Definitive List of the 35 Most Interesting Podcasts Ever Made", Whatpods, June 2018
  • "Fun Podcasts for History Lovers", Medium's Castbox, August 2017
  • "Using the Popularity of Podcasts to Communicate the Humanities", Global Maritime History, March 2017
  • "Top Picks", Christian Science Monitor, November 2016
  • "History Podcasts Made by Women", Bello Collective, October 2016
  • "History on the Download: Podcasting the Past", AHA's Perspectives on History, February 2016
  • "Ten History Podcasts You Need to Hear", CBC's Podcast Playlist, October 2015
  • "19 Fantastic Podcasts for History Buffs", Mental Floss, May 2015
  • "Preserving Memories, Old and New, with Elizabeth Keohane-Burbridge", Fordham Conversations, February 2014

Appearances
  • "History Podcasting Roundtable", Intelligent Speech Conference, 2019
  • "Using Podcasts to Flip the Humanities Classroom", STLinATL, 2018
  • "From Meghan Markle to Louisa Adams: Using the Present to Enter the Past", Sound Education, 2018
  • "We Launched Podcasts -- and You Can, Too!", Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, 2017
  • "Footnoting History: A Roundtable on Podcasting", Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Society, 2014

Downloadable Images

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