Climate & Environment on Substack
The top 100 Climate & Environment writers on Substack's Bestsellers and Rising boards, with moves between my reads, follower counts, who's gaining recommendations and who recommends them. Boards read once a day.
Board read · moves compare with the read at Oct 31 19:47 UTC
- Writers on the two boards
- 168
- Median followers, Bestsellers
- 12,552
- Smallest on the board
- 292
- Blue Skies Weather, #51
- New recommendations, 30 days
- 261
- to writers whose main category this is
Rising in Climate & Environment: new recommendations
Writers in this category who picked up the most new recommenders in the last 30 days. A new recommendation puts a writer in front of another publication's readers.
Sarah Wilson
83k followers · #7 Climate & Environment Bestsellers
Climate Action Now
102k followers · #18 Climate & Environment Bestsellers
Michael Mezz
14k followers · #26 Climate & Environment Rising
Nate Hagens
27k followers · #27 Climate & Environment Bestsellers
Erin Brockovich
116k followers · #26 Climate & Environment Bestsellers
David Roberts
141k followers · #2 Climate & Environment Bestsellers
Jan Rosenow
11k followers · #87 Climate & Environment BestsellersNew recommenders per week, last 12 weeks; the orange bar is this week to date. Same scale in every panel. Dated by Substack; only recommendations still live.
Bestsellers
Substack ranks Bestsellers by paid subscribers. Followers are my daily reading.
Climbed most since Oct 31: Whitney McGuire new at #92, Sarah Wilson #9 to #7, Ben #39 to #37, Jenks Farmer #71 to #69, Climate Majority Project #74 to #72.
| # | Move | Writer | Followers | Recommended by | Paid | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |  Bill McKibbenThe Crucial Years |
176,761 | 85 +13 | Thousands | |
| 2 | 0 |  David RobertsVolts |
141,094 | 68 +7 | Thousands | |
| 3 | 0 |  Emily AtkinHEATED |
254,278 | 79 +1 | Thousands | |
| 4 | 0 |  The Hotshot Wake Up@thehotshotwakeup |
39,188 | 52 +1 | Thousands | |
| 5 | 0 |  Roger Pielke Jr.The Honest Broker |
102,308 | 64 +1 | Thousands | |
| 6 | 0 |  Robert Bryce@robertbryce |
49,110 | 65 +5 | Thousands | |
| 7 | ▲2 |  Sarah WilsonThis is Precious |
83,330 | 65 +12 | Thousands | |
| 8 | ▼1 |  Chad EvansChad’s Weather Blog |
11,125 | 44 | Thousands | |
| 9 | ▼1 |  Weather 20/20Weather 20/20 Ultra Long Range Forecasting |
8,515 | 34 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 10 | 0 |  Sammy RothClimate-Colored Goggles |
8,456 | 55 +6 | 100+ badge | |
| 11 | 0 |  Wayne HsiungThe Simple Heart |
139,288 | 52 +2 | Thousands | |
| 12 | 0 |  More Than Just Parks@morethanjustparks |
33,189 | 54 +3 | Thousands | |
| 13 | 0 |  Texas Energy & Power MediaThe Texas Energy and Power Newsletter |
21,096 | 54 +1 | Thousands | |
| 14 | 0 |  Alexandra FasuloHouse of Green |
55,965 | 50 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 15 | 0 |  Jonathan P. ThompsonThe Land Desk |
11,500 | 54 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 16 | 0 |  Dr. Ryan TruchelutWeatherTiger's Hurricane Watch |
12,552 | 50 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 17 | 0 |  Alex EpsteinEnergy Talking Points by Alex Epstein |
70,825 | 56 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 18 | 0 |  Climate Action NowYour Daily Dose of Climate Hope |
101,907 | 56 +10 | 100+ badge | |
| 19 | 0 |  Katharine HayhoeTalking Climate |
68,850 | 61 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 20 | 0 |  Will LockettWill Lockett's Newsletter |
13,361 | 51 | 100+ badge | |
| 21 | 0 |  Bryan PfeifferChasing Nature |
29,278 | 61 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 22 | 0 |  The Eyewall@theeyewall |
14,871 | 33 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 23 | 0 |  Protect the Wild@protectthewild |
325,255 | 50 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 24 | 0 |  Len NeceferAll At Once by Dr. Len |
10,477 | 55 | 100+ badge | |
| 25 | 0 |  Dr. Ryan MaueWeather Trader |
12,281 | 51 | 100+ badge | |
| 26 | 0 |  Erin BrockovichThe Brockovich Report |
116,132 | 50 +7 | 100+ badge | |
| 27 | 0 |  Nate HagensThe Great Simplification |
26,840 | 53 +7 | 100+ badge | |
| 28 | 0 |  Ben NollBenNollWeather |
18,323 | 50 | 100+ badge | |
| 29 | 0 |  Ayana Elizabeth JohnsonWHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT? |
49,127 | 59 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 30 | 0 |  Cap AllonElectroverse Substack |
4,257 | 50 | 100+ badge | |
| 31 | 0 |  Isaac OrrEnergy Bad Boys |
25,194 | 57 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 32 | 0 |  Tom JoadTom Joad - Scottsbluff |
10,111 | 50 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 33 | ▲1 |  Our Public Lands & Waters@ourpubliclandsandwaters |
73,833 | 52 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 34 | ▼1 |  Carlita Shaw@planetaryandhumanwellbeing |
23,260 | 51 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 35 | ▲1 |  Simon WilsonHopetown by Simon Wilson |
5,010 | 33 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 36 | ▼1 |  Michael ThomasDistilled |
50,478 | 57 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 37 | ▲2 |  Bendispatches.kilowatts.io |
1,593 | 9 +2 | none shown | |
| 38 | ▼1 |  Rebekah JonesMesoscale News with Rebekah Jones |
94,407 | 50 | 100+ badge | |
| 39 | ▼1 |  Alex SteffenThe Snap Forward |
25,376 | 51 | 100+ badge | |
| 40 | 0 |  Public Domain@publicdomainmedia |
9,716 | 52 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 41 | 0 |  Alaina WoodGood Climate News |
49,914 | 50 +6 | 100+ badge | |
| 42 | 0 |  Intercalation Station@intercalationstation |
12,447 | 50 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 43 | 0 |  Didier HopeDeep Ecology |
19,012 | 54 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 44 | ▲1 |  Keely CovelloUNWON |
5,308 | 39 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 45 | ▼1 |  Dana Thomas@danathomas |
17,810 | 50 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 46 | 0 |  Toby YoungThe Climate Skeptic |
13,608 | 32 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 47 | ▲1 |  David CallawayCallaway Climate Insights |
7,336 | 50 | none shown | |
| 48 | ▲1 |  Bill DavisonEasy By Nature |
12,141 | 56 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 49 | ▲1 |  Colleen Patrick-Goudreau@colleenpatrickgoudreau |
5,816 | 30 | 100+ badge | |
| 50 | ▼3 |  Steven DonzigerDonziger On Justice |
17,155 | 51 | 100+ badge | |
| 51 | 0 |  Blue Skies WeatherThe Outlook |
292 | 4 | none shown | |
| 52 | 0 |  Lloyd AlterCarbon Upfront! |
10,954 | 53 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 53 | 0 |  David CarlinDavid Carlin's Digest: Your Guide to a Changing World |
8,305 | 51 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 54 | 0 |  Melissa HarrisonWitness Marks by Melissa Harrison |
15,769 | 55 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 55 | ▲1 |  Peter KalmusClimate Human |
7,884 | 46 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 56 | ▲1 |  Jacob SimonThe Hopemakers |
13,691 | 31 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 57 | ▼2 |  Gregor MacdonaldCold Eye Earth |
3,362 | 41 | 100+ badge | |
| 58 | 0 |  Rob JohnsenMultilateral Development Bank Jobs |
3,781 | 13 | 100+ badge | |
| 59 | 0 |  Jason AnthonyField Guide to the Anthropocene |
14,173 | 58 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 60 | 0 |  Alec TurnbullNY Climate Tech by Alec Turnbull & Sonam Velani |
25,376 | 50 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 61 | 0 |  Andy RevkinSustain What |
28,683 | 63 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 62 | 0 |  CleanTechnicaCleanTechnica’s Substack |
32,861 | 53 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 63 | 0 |  Saul Griffith@saulgriffith |
25,491 | 3 | 100+ badge | |
| 64 | 0 |  Alan Gerard (Balanced Wx)Balanced Weather |
4,894 | 50 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 65 | 0 |  Jody DayGateway Elderwomen |
13,603 | 50 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 66 | 0 |  Christopher ChicoThe Battery Chronicle |
7,459 | 23 +1 | none shown | |
| 67 | ▲1 |  Ann PettiforSystem Change |
18,931 | 49 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 68 | ▼1 |  Sam Matey-CosteThe Weekly Anthropocene |
38,672 | 58 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 69 | ▲2 |  Jenks FarmerPlant People |
2,958 | 42 | 100+ badge | |
| 70 | ▼1 |  Laura EricksonLaura Erickson's For the Birds |
3,008 | 49 | 100+ badge | |
| 71 | ▼1 |  Britt WrayUnthinkable |
35,982 | 54 | 100+ badge | |
| 72 | ▲2 |  Climate Majority Project@climatemajorityproject |
7,147 | 51 +1 | none shown | |
| 73 | ▼1 |  Seth KleinSeth Klein / Emergency Measures |
6,985 | 25 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 74 | ▼1 |  Phil A. NeelThe Planetary Factory |
2,551 | 19 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 75 | 0 |  Ryan B. AndersonEchoes from an Old Hollow Tree |
11,052 | 54 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 76 | 0 |  Last Week in Collapse@lastweekincollapse |
8,408 | 51 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 77 | 0 |  Deena MetzgerDesperate Love Letters To A Wounded Earth |
4,342 | 50 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 78 | 0 |  David TurverEigen Values |
7,925 | 51 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 79 | ▲1 |  Bill FultonPlace and Prosperity |
6,360 | 7 | 100+ badge | |
| 80 | ▼1 |  JessPlantaholics |
82,104 | 51 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 81 | ▲1 |  Geoff GibsonThe Bight |
7,046 | 51 | 100+ badge | |
| 82 | ▼1 |  HeatherAsh AmaraOut of the Fire |
69,750 | 50 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 83 | 0 |  David HouleEvolutionshift |
4,828 | 51 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 84 | ▲1 |  Animal Rising@animalrising |
108,040 | 50 +4 | none shown | |
| 85 | ▼1 |  Breakthrough InstituteThe Ecomodernist |
29,772 | 55 | 100+ badge | |
| 86 | 0 |  Jeremy D JohnsonMutations |
5,181 | 50 +1 | none shown | |
| 87 | 0 |  Jan RosenowBright Spots |
10,862 | 41 +6 | none shown | |
| 88 | 0 |  Laura Paskus@laurapaskus215494 |
1,173 | 15 +1 | none shown | |
| 89 | 0 |  Jeff RennickeLittle Dipper |
1,358 | 24 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 90 | 0 |  Smallholdings For Sale@smallholdingsteam |
5,454 | 10 | 100+ badge | |
| 91 | ▲1 |  Devin D. ThorpeSuperpowers for Good |
11,191 | 50 | 100+ badge | |
| 92 | new |  Whitney McGuireConditions by The McGuire Consulting Group |
3,635 | ? | none shown | |
| 93 | ▼2 |  Andrew LockleyCarbon Removal Updates |
5,353 | 50 +1 | none shown | |
| 94 | ▼1 |  Kate BradburyOne Garden Against the World |
11,137 | 52 +6 | 100+ badge | |
| 95 | 0 |  Urban Cycling Institute@urbancyclinginstitute |
8,188 | 47 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 96 | ▼2 |  Dick RussellDick Russell’s Substack |
4,980 | 43 +1 | none shown | |
| 97 | ▼1 |  California Wire@californiawire |
8,357 | 9 +3 | none shown | |
| 98 | ▼1 |  Josh JacksonForgotten Lands Project |
5,659 | 38 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 99 | ▼1 |  Alpha LoClimate Water Project |
9,153 | 51 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 100 | ▼1 |  Andy CicconeThe Poor Prole's Almanac: Restoration Agroecology |
12,923 | 53 | 100+ badge |
The top 20 on every read
Rank on each read of the Bestsellers board. Darker is higher. A gap means the writer was outside the top 100 on that read.
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill McKibben | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| David Roberts | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Emily Atkin | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| The Hotshot Wake Up | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Roger Pielke Jr. | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Robert Bryce | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Sarah Wilson | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | ▲2 |
| Chad Evans | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | ▼1 |
| Weather 20/20 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | ▼1 |
| Sammy Roth | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Wayne Hsiung | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| More Than Just Parks | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Texas Energy & Power Media | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Alexandra Fasulo | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Jonathan P. Thompson | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Dr. Ryan Truchelut | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Alex Epstein | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Climate Action Now | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Katharine Hayhoe | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Will Lockett | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
History starts on Oct 31, 2026. Each day adds a column.
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