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Lineker’s “The Rest Is Football” Tops Netflix Charts

8/26/2026

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Gary Lineker secured a Netflix deal for his podcast The Rest Is Football.
The Rest Is Football topped Netflix’s daily top-10 chart every day of its 40-episode World Cup run.
The podcast logged more than 7 million monthly streams last season, surpassing Gary Neville’s Stick to Football.
Lineker defended reposting activist Tony Greenstein’s video after Telegraph criticism, saying he discusses politics only on humanitarian issues like Gaza.

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Gary Lineker secured a Netflix deal for his podcast The Rest Is Football.
The Rest Is Football topped Netflix’s daily top-10 chart every day of its 40-episode World Cup run.
The podcast logged more than 7 million monthly streams last season, surpassing Gary Neville’s Stick to Football.
Lineker defended reposting activist Tony Greenstein’s video after Telegraph criticism, saying he discusses politics only on humanitarian issues like Gaza.