Crypto on Substack
The top 100 Crypto 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.
- Writers on the two boards
- 152
- Median followers, Bestsellers
- 4,942
- Smallest on the board
- 49
- Koroush AK, #68
- New recommendations, 30 days
- 167
- to writers whose main category this is
Rising in Crypto: 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.
Anthony Pompliano
283k followers · #8 Crypto BestsellersRoot
36k followers · #14 Crypto BestsellersFulcrum Insights
1.3k followers · #85 Crypto RisingBitcoin Fortress
2.4k followersOld Men, New Money
4.2k followers · #87 Crypto RisingArbitrage Andy
40k followers · #5 Crypto BestsellersJames Check (Checkmatey)
35k followers · #2 Crypto 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: Danny #41 to #30, Alpha Beta Soup #96 to #85, Michael Sullivan #63 to #59, XRP Newsletter. #84 to #81, Less Noise More Signal #89 to #86.
| # | Move | Writer | Followers | Recommended by | Paid | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | BowTied Bull@bowtiedbull |
116,283 | 59 +3 | Thousands | |
| 2 | 0 | James Check (Checkmatey)Checkonchain Bitcoin Newsletter |
34,939 | 57 +5 | Thousands | |
| 3 | 0 | SightBringerSignal Core |
13,446 | 41 +2 | Thousands | |
| 4 | 0 | Blockchain BackerBlockchain Backer’s Newsletter |
23,495 | 50 +3 | Thousands | |
| 5 | 0 | Arbitrage AndyARB Letter |
39,541 | 59 +5 | Thousands | |
| 6 | 0 | Paul WebbornElliott Wave 2.0 |
7,535 | 24 | 100+ badge | |
| 7 | 0 | TechDevTechDev Newsletter |
40,031 | 51 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 8 | 0 | Anthony PomplianoThe Pomp Letter |
283,031 | 57 +9 | Thousands | |
| 9 | 0 | The GiverThe Giving Tree |
7,860 | 25 +2 | none shown | |
| 10 | 0 | Willy WooBitcoin Vector Lite |
98,689 | 51 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 11 | 0 | CryptoConBitcoin Data Newsletter |
17,302 | 50 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 12 | 0 | DeFi Education@defieducation |
47,466 | 57 | Thousands | |
| 13 | 0 | SimonSimon’s Substack |
8,596 | 27 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 14 | ▲1 | RootBitcoinStrategy |
35,745 | 52 +9 | 100+ badge | |
| 15 | ▼1 | 10x Research10x Research Market Updates |
61,279 | 50 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 16 | 0 | TemporosTemporos Research |
12,298 | 48 | none shown | |
| 17 | 0 | Edo Farina Crypto - XRP@edofarina |
11,895 | 51 +10 | 100+ badge | |
| 18 | 0 | TechNovaTHE PIVOT |
1,096 | 4 | 100+ badge | |
| 19 | 0 | Strategy Master@strategymaster |
14,856 | 35 | none shown | |
| 20 | 0 | Volume StocksVolume Stocks |
3,174 | 31 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 21 | 0 | Marcus Jin資本週期 |
8,411 | 17 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 22 | 0 | MARKET INSIGHTS@bazabtc |
3,764 | 43 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 23 | 0 | CryptoMageLe Grimoire du Mage 🧙♂️ |
9,738 | 51 | 100+ badge | |
| 24 | 0 | 0xJeff@defi0xjeff |
5,231 | 51 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 25 | ▲1 | nztrader369The Meme Coin Pro Newsletter |
1,946 | 8 | none shown | |
| 26 | ▼1 | Syko Therapy@sykocrypto |
2,109 | 3 | 100+ badge | |
| 27 | ▲1 | Lazybeanz 加密投資社群|專注跨市場+EV機會捕捉Lazybeanz 反脆弱投資研究室|RS Terminal 已開放免費使用 |
1,310 | 5 +1 | none shown | |
| 28 | ▼1 | Jayden LevittCarrot Lane |
9,941 | 50 | 100+ badge | |
| 29 | 0 | 許明恩區塊勢 |
20,730 | 53 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 30 | ▲11 | DannyDanny's Substack |
1,313 | 5 | none shown | |
| 31 | ▼1 | Marmot's Burrow@bmgfromx |
258 | 0 | none shown | |
| 32 | ▼1 | Noelle AchesonCrypto is Macro Now |
10,868 | 52 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 33 | ▼1 | BowTiedDevilDegen Code |
8,613 | 50 | none shown | |
| 34 | ▼1 | バンケラDAO🇯🇵情報屋【裏情報】仮想通貨エアドロップ"Twitterでは言えない"やり方の話 |
7,464 | 50 | 100+ badge | |
| 35 | ▲2 | BlingBling@blingbling |
8,081 | 52 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 36 | ▼1 | Filip BrnadicThe Hustle |
2,463 | 16 | 100+ badge | |
| 37 | ▼3 | DeltaSignalDeltaSignal’s Substack |
1,989 | 14 +2 | none shown | |
| 38 | ▼2 | ZenecaLetters from a Zeneca |
35,051 | 53 +1 | none shown | |
| 39 | ▼1 | SuperSaiyan Weekly Report 每周报告@supersaiyan1957 |
1,089 | 11 | 100+ badge | |
| 40 | 0 | Kripto TemeKRIPTO TEME 🔑 Obitelj na okupu |
1,263 | 24 | 100+ badge | |
| 41 | ▼2 | Axel Adler Jr.Adler 💎 Insight |
3,778 | 34 +1 | none shown | |
| 42 | 0 | miljonmakarenMiljonmakaren |
2,820 | 4 | 100+ badge | |
| 43 | 0 | Sylvain SaurelIn Bitcoin We Trust Newsletter |
15,614 | 51 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 44 | 0 | ViktorCrypto Narratives |
22,243 | 53 +1 | none shown | |
| 45 | 0 | Cryptografia AvanzadaA mi los bloques! |
1,456 | 17 +2 | none shown | |
| 46 | 0 | Decode CryptoDecode Newsletter |
950 | 3 | none shown | |
| 47 | ▲2 | O GarcíaAnálisis de Crypto & Macro con O García |
1,994 | 16 | none shown | |
| 48 | 0 | kryptokrates@kryptokrates |
125 | 0 | none shown | |
| 49 | ▲1 | Angry GuyAngry's Creator Academy |
4,318 | 2 | none shown | |
| 50 | ▼3 | KaneSerenity Research |
9,402 | 16 +2 | none shown | |
| 51 | 0 | Stephen PerrenodMoney or Debt Newsletter |
3,419 | 22 +1 | none shown | |
| 52 | 0 | 𝕯𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖗Today in DeFi |
5,784 | 50 | none shown | |
| 53 | ▲1 | Iván LópezCriptoATH |
7,931 | 52 +3 | none shown | |
| 54 | ▼1 | Duo Nine⚡YCCYour Crypto Community |
16,403 | 54 +1 | none shown | |
| 55 | 0 | Christine D. Kim@christinedkim |
1,044 | 20 +2 | none shown | |
| 56 | 0 | Katie MestreBitcoin Katie |
3,822 | 38 +1 | none shown | |
| 57 | 0 | kin koDHK 郵報 |
62,343 | 52 | 100+ badge | |
| 58 | 0 | NikNik's Market Outlook + Regime Rotation |
668 | 2 | none shown | |
| 59 | ▲4 | Michael SullivanBitcoin Sentiment Weekly |
1,463 | 12 +4 | none shown | |
| 60 | ▼1 | The Crusaders NewsletterCrusaders Newsletter |
6,607 | 10 | none shown | |
| 61 | ▼1 | Seven c Newsletter@sevenc |
25,194 | 54 | none shown | |
| 62 | ▼1 | BitcoinBenBitcoinBen’s Substack |
6,993 | 46 | none shown | |
| 63 | ▼1 | Onchain WizardOnchain Wizard's Cauldron |
22,734 | 51 | none shown | |
| 64 | ▲1 | Florian GrummesMidas Touch Consulting |
4,441 | 15 +1 | none shown | |
| 65 | ▼1 | Anton GolubAnton Golub Newsletter - Digital Assets, Crypto & Regulation |
10,296 | 50 +3 | none shown | |
| 66 | 0 | ThePrivacySmurfZen Trades |
1,459 | 13 | none shown | |
| 67 | ▲1 | Jonas (Crypto Big Stories)Crypto Big Stories |
4,942 | 36 | none shown | |
| 68 | ▼1 | Koroush AK@koroushak |
49 | ? | none shown | |
| 69 | 0 | Fran de Olza@frandeolza |
1,721 | 5 +1 | none shown | |
| 70 | 0 | Jimmy SongBitcoin Tech Talk |
10,295 | 52 +4 | none shown | |
| 71 | ▲2 | DurdenBTCTailwind Macro |
386 | 4 | none shown | |
| 72 | ▼1 | KingKaranCrypto | FLRKingKaranCrypto |
1,211 | 4 | none shown | |
| 73 | ▼1 | On-Chain College@onchaincollege |
1,835 | 14 | none shown | |
| 74 | 0 | Hix0nHix0n's Confidential |
1,203 | 20 +4 | none shown | |
| 75 | 0 | CryptoReviewing@cryptoreviewing |
473 | 5 | none shown | |
| 76 | ▲2 | Degen SenseiThe Aspiring Degen |
4,998 | 50 +3 | none shown | |
| 77 | 0 | 小毛哥ChainFeeds Research |
8,681 | 51 | none shown | |
| 78 | ▲1 | WILL CryptoinsightUKThe Weekly Insight |
3,321 | 10 +1 | none shown | |
| 79 | ▲1 | Jeff HasselmanKingdom Bitcoin |
297 | 2 | none shown | |
| 80 | ▼4 | Alex PazMade In Crypto |
4,658 | 50 | none shown | |
| 81 | ▲3 | XRP Newsletter.XRP’s Newsletter |
10,882 | 18 +3 | none shown | |
| 82 | 0 | Jon JordanGamesTX |
674 | 31 | none shown | |
| 83 | ▲2 | IT TechOn-Chain Insights |
5,648 | 50 | none shown | |
| 84 | ▼1 | Cripto no FemininoDescentraliza |
464 | 6 | none shown | |
| 85 | ▲11 | Alpha Beta Soup@alphabetasoup |
389 | 1 | none shown | |
| 86 | ▲3 | Less Noise More SignalLess Noise More Signal - market insights |
1,586 | 10 | none shown | |
| 87 | 0 | The DeFi Investor@thedefinvestor |
22,271 | 55 | none shown | |
| 88 | 0 | Mari SavicMari’s Crypto Alpha |
1,410 | 53 +2 | none shown | |
| 89 | ▼3 | Scar, Hyena, ShinobiDeFi Yield Farming & NFT Substack |
1,527 | 13 | none shown | |
| 90 | 0 | Miles Nadimian@milesnadimian |
431 | 7 +2 | none shown | |
| 91 | 0 | Greg LandeggerBitDigest |
2,032 | 21 | none shown | |
| 92 | 0 | Great Gimlis BeardGreat Gimleys Beard |
319 | 3 | none shown | |
| 93 | 0 | FedericoInsideW3B |
389 | 1 | none shown | |
| 94 | 0 | Foot Guns@foot |
7,712 | 50 | none shown | |
| 95 | ▲2 | Tagus CapitalTagus Capital |
57,958 | 3 +1 | none shown | |
| 96 | ▼1 | Vitalii NechyporenkoPrice Action Playbook |
2,827 | 33 | none shown | |
| 97 | ▲1 | Andrew MelvilleBlock Scholes Research |
3,975 | 47 +2 | none shown | |
| 98 | ▲1 | AIP Research@aipinvesting |
98,431 | 42 +2 | none shown | |
| 99 | ▲1 | Korok RayLetter from Aggieland |
2,252 | 0 | none shown | |
| 100 | new | José Manuel OchoaWhy Bitcoin Club |
277 | 7 | none shown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BowTied Bull | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| James Check (Checkmatey) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| SightBringer | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Blockchain Backer | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Arbitrage Andy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Paul Webborn | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| TechDev | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Anthony Pompliano | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| The Giver | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Willy Woo | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| CryptoCon | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| DeFi Education | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Simon | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Root | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | ▲1 |
| 10x Research | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | ▼1 |
| Temporos | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Edo Farina Crypto - XRP | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| TechNova | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Strategy Master | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Volume Stocks | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
History starts on Oct 31, 2026. Each day adds a column.
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