Health Politics on Substack
The top 100 Health Politics 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
- 172
- Median followers, Bestsellers
- 25,491
- Smallest on the board
- 534
- On Purpose, #34
- New recommendations, 30 days
- 401
- to writers whose main category this is
Rising in Health Politics: 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.
Dr. Robert W. Malone
448k followers · #6 Health Politics Bestsellers
Dr. Joseph Mercola
338k followers · #4 Health Politics Bestsellers
William Makis
189k followers · #3 Health Politics Bestsellers
Peter A McCullough, MD, MPH
238k followers · #7 Health Politics Bestsellers
The Truth About Cancer
1.1M followers · #18 Health Politics Bestsellers
Steve Kirsch
340k followers · #9 Health Politics Bestsellers
Pierre Kory, MD, MPA
193k followers · #8 Health Politics 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. Outlined weeks are incomplete: Substack lists only a publication's 50 newest recommenders, so for busy writers older weeks can't be counted, and a 30-day count marked + is a floor.
Bestsellers
Substack ranks Bestsellers by paid subscribers. Followers are my daily reading.
Climbed most since Oct 31: Dr. Craig new at #38, Denis Nößler #91 to #87, Joshua Powell #89 to #86, Dysautonomia Decoded #63 to #61, Peter C. Gøtzsche #86 to #84.
| # | Move | Writer | Followers | Recommended by | Paid | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |  A Midwestern DoctorThe Forgotten Side of Medicine |
425,062 | 79 50+ | Tens of thousands | |
| 2 | 0 |  Jeff Childers☕️ Coffee & Covid News 🦠 |
249,615 | 66 +6 | Thousands | |
| 3 | 0 |  William MakisMakis Health - by William Makis (Cancer Researcher) |
188,830 | 66 +20 | Tens of thousands | |
| 4 | 0 |  Dr. Joseph MercolaDr. Mercola's Censored Library (Private Membership) |
337,501 | 55 +21 | Tens of thousands | |
| 5 | 0 |  Alex BerensonUnreported Truths |
285,957 | 65 +1 | Tens of thousands | |
| 6 | 0 |  Dr. Robert W. MaloneMalone News |
448,408 | 86 +22 | Tens of thousands | |
| 7 | 0 |  Peter A McCullough, MD, MPHFOCAL POINTS (Courageous Discourse™) |
238,368 | 82 +15 | Thousands | |
| 8 | 0 |  Pierre Kory, MD, MPAPierre Kory’s Medical Musings |
193,142 | 76 +12 | Thousands | |
| 9 | 0 |  Steve KirschSteve Kirsch's newsletter |
339,693 | 84 +13 | Thousands | |
| 10 | 0 |  Jack HopkinsJack Hopkins Now |
102,550 | 57 +4 | Thousands | |
| 11 | 0 |  eugyppiuseugyppius: a plague chronicle |
112,794 | 62 +6 | Thousands | |
| 12 | 0 |  Sayer JiSayer Ji's Substack |
74,487 | 65 +10 | Thousands | |
| 13 | 0 |  The Vigilant Fox@vigilantfox |
228,502 | 66 +8 | Thousands | |
| 14 | 0 |  Karen KingstonThe Kingston Report |
111,426 | 65 +1 | Thousands | |
| 15 | 0 |  The Corbett Report@corbettreport |
82,971 | 62 +3 | Thousands | |
| 16 | 0 |  Doc MalikDoc Malik Honest Health |
33,855 | 59 +2 | Thousands | |
| 17 | 0 |  Meryl NassMeryl’s CHAOS letter (Critical Health Analysis and OpinionS) |
110,731 | 69 +3 | Thousands | |
| 18 | ▲1 |  The Truth About Cancer@thetruthaboutcancer |
1,106,886 | 52 +13 | 100+ badge | |
| 19 | ▼1 |  George WebbGeorge Webb 's Intelligence Network |
30,636 | 51 | 100+ badge | |
| 20 | 0 |  NE - Naked Emperor NewsletterThe Naked Emperor’s Newsletter |
94,800 | 66 +1 | Thousands | |
| 21 | 0 |  Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙Call To Action |
50,322 | 51 +6 | Thousands | |
| 22 | 0 |  The MAHA Report@theofficialmahareport |
282,525 | 60 +8 | 100+ badge | |
| 23 | 0 |  Dr Sam Bailey@drsambailey |
43,616 | 56 +7 | 100+ badge | |
| 24 | 0 |  Mark Crispin MillerNews from Underground by Mark Crispin Miller |
103,925 | 63 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 25 | 0 |  Aaron SiriInformed with Aaron Siri |
79,692 | 60 +8 | none shown | |
| 26 | 0 |  Rav AroraThe Illusion of Consensus |
76,541 | 59 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 27 | 0 |  Lioness of Judah MinistryExposing The Darkness |
65,630 | 63 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 28 | 0 |  Tess Lawrie, MBBCh, PhDA Better Way with Dr Tess Lawrie & Friends |
58,347 | 59 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 29 | 0 |  Julia DoubledayThe Gauntlet |
19,052 | 53 | 100+ badge | |
| 30 | 0 |  Dr. Roger McFillinRadically Genuine |
15,336 | 51 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 31 | 0 |  Dr. Paul AlexanderAlexander News Network (ANN): Trump's War 2.0 for America |
115,982 | 61 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 32 | 0 |  Targeted Justice, Inc.Targeted Justice Newsletter |
32,333 | 55 +2 | none shown | |
| 33 | 0 |  Toby RogersuTobian |
86,285 | 54 | 100+ badge | |
| 34 | 0 |  On Purpose@chiroonpurpose |
534 | 1 | none shown | |
| 35 | 0 |  Dr Philip McMillanVejon COVID-19 Review |
15,513 | 50 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 36 | 0 |  Margaret Anna AliceMargaret Anna Alice Through the Looking Glass |
102,463 | 67 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 37 | ▲1 |  Dutch RojasThe Rojas Report |
5,929 | 31 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 38 | new |  Dr. CraigOG Chiropractic |
14,334 | ? | none shown | |
| 39 | 0 |  Dr. Peter and Ginger Breggin Breggin Alerts! Exposing the Global Predators |
78,668 | 56 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 40 | 0 |  World Council for Health@worldcouncilforhealth |
26,940 | 52 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 41 | 0 |  Sam Husseinihusseini |
23,410 | 54 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 42 | 0 |  Walter M ChesnutWMC Research |
20,601 | 53 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 43 | 0 |  Mathew CrawfordRounding the Earth Newsletter |
74,814 | 58 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 44 | 0 |  Justin HartRational Ground by Justin Hart |
22,769 | 51 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 45 | 0 |  Carter WilliamsFood is Health |
29,969 | 43 +9 | 100+ badge | |
| 46 | 0 |  JeffreyTuckerBrownstone Insights |
15,639 | 53 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 47 | 0 |  Martin NeilWhere are the numbers? by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil |
38,140 | 64 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 48 | 0 |  Decoder l'écoDécoder l'éco - Pierre CHAILLOT |
3,347 | 29 +6 | 100+ badge | |
| 49 | 0 |  McCoy PressThe Chiropractic Chronicle |
2,760 | 20 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 50 | 0 |  Anonymous Media Group@anonymousmediagroup |
21,389 | 50 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 51 | 0 |  Ian MillerUnmasked |
19,756 | 53 | 100+ badge | |
| 52 | 0 |  Dr Christopher ExleyDr’s Newsletter |
17,360 | 54 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 53 | 0 |  Chris Deacon@chrisdeaconahealthcareheist |
1,060 | 9 +1 | none shown | |
| 54 | 0 |  Steve WaySteve Way's Substack |
2,337 | 35 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 55 | 0 |  Dr. Joseph SansoneMind Matters and Everything Else with Dr. Joseph Sansone |
36,212 | 59 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 56 | 0 |  Jefferey JaxenJefferey Jaxen on Substack |
22,937 | 51 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 57 | 0 |  Kat HighsmithKatHighsmith’s Substack |
2,459 | 16 | none shown | |
| 58 | 0 |  Mike CapuzzoRESCUE with Michael Capuzzo |
26,511 | 52 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 59 | 0 |  Katy Talento ND ScMAllBetter |
4,856 | 26 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 60 | 0 |  The Real Dr Judy Data@therealdrjudy |
51,506 | 52 +6 | 100+ badge | |
| 61 | ▲2 |  Dysautonomia Decoded@dysautonomiadecoded |
3,288 | 17 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 62 | ▼1 |  Igor ChudovIgor’s Newsletter |
130,331 | 62 | 100+ badge | |
| 63 | ▼1 |  Interest of Justice@interestofjustice |
31,740 | 54 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 64 | 0 |  Andreas M. B. Groß@andreasmbgross |
2,742 | 14 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 65 | 0 |  Andrea NakayamaA Body of Evidence with Andrea Nakayama |
1,310 | 21 +3 | none shown | |
| 66 | 0 |  Dr. Wojak, M.D.Dr. Wojak's Substack |
23,579 | 53 +7 | 100+ badge | |
| 67 | 0 |  Stop The Shots@stopthoseshots |
33,560 | 37 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 68 | 0 |  Mary Elizabeth WilliamsPatient. from Mary Elizabeth Williams |
2,882 | 22 +1 | none shown | |
| 69 | ▲1 |  Bastian Barucker@barucker |
5,880 | 29 +2 | none shown | |
| 70 | ▼1 |  Yusuf JP Saleeby MDDr. Saleeby's Substack |
6,025 | 28 | none shown | |
| 71 | 0 |  Pat Radical Therapist (ish)@patradicaltherapist |
9,410 | 43 | 100+ badge | |
| 72 | 0 |  AndreaWexAndreaWex's Substack |
13,337 | 10 +1 | none shown | |
| 73 | 0 |  Aussie17PharmaFiles by Aussie17 |
34,815 | 57 | none shown | |
| 74 | 0 |  J.B. Handley, AuthorSon of a Spy |
12,644 | 1 | 100+ badge | |
| 75 | 0 |  Merrill GooznerGoozNews |
68,577 | 53 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 76 | 0 |  Tom FriedenThe Formula |
23,699 | 41 | none shown | |
| 77 | 0 |  Edward Slavsquat@edwardslavsquat |
26,091 | 54 | 100+ badge | |
| 78 | ▲1 |  Sonia ElijahSonia Elijah investigates |
25,731 | 52 | none shown | |
| 79 | ▼1 |  Kelsi SherenKelsi Sheren |
4,010 | 46 +2 | none shown | |
| 80 | ▲1 |  FreeNZThe FreeNZ Editorial |
8,119 | 52 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 81 | ▼1 |  The Defender@thedefender1 |
20,007 | 57 +3 | none shown | |
| 82 | 0 |  Ryan PetersonUpward Growth Substack |
8,558 | 7 | none shown | |
| 83 | ▲1 |  Matthew CormierHealth Uncensored |
11,422 | 29 +3 | none shown | |
| 84 | ▲2 |  Peter C. GøtzscheGøtzsche's Perspective |
3,040 | 30 +1 | none shown | |
| 85 | ▼2 |  Right Flank@rightflank |
41,015 | 16 | 100+ badge | |
| 86 | ▲3 |  Joshua PowellThe Powell House Press |
1,990 | 6 | 100+ badge | |
| 87 | ▲4 |  Denis NößlerEvidenzUpdate |
655 | 0 | none shown | |
| 88 | ▼3 |  John DeeJohn Dee's Almanac |
12,401 | 50 | 100+ badge | |
| 89 | ▼2 |  Jan BuhrmanGrowing, Cooking, Connecting, Embracing with Jan |
6,274 | 9 | none shown | |
| 90 | 0 |  MAiD in Canada@maidincanada3 |
2,323 | 21 | 100+ badge | |
| 91 | ▼3 |  Marcella Piper-TerryMarcella’s Substack |
16,462 | 51 +1 | none shown | |
| 92 | 0 |  Dr. David CartlandDr David Cartland’s Substack |
6,725 | 36 +1 | none shown | |
| 93 | 0 |  Conspiracy Sarah@conspiracysarah |
17,679 | 53 | none shown | |
| 94 | 0 |  Paging America@pagingamerica |
154,433 | 52 +3 | none shown | |
| 95 | ▲2 |  Gabriella Alvarez-HummelCramp Mag |
647 | 7 | none shown | |
| 96 | ▼1 |  JJ KogburnePandemic Accountability Index |
5,606 | 40 +1 | none shown | |
| 97 | ▲2 |  Charles Gaba@charlesgaba |
4,929 | 22 | none shown | |
| 98 | ▼2 |  James Hill, MDJames Hill MD’s Newsletter |
14,093 | 53 | none shown | |
| 99 | new |  SuavekFraud Prevention Hotline |
6,803 | 50 +2 | none shown | |
| 100 | ▼2 |  Illuminate The IllusionAJW3477’s Substack |
25,491 | 46 +6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Midwestern Doctor | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Childers | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| William Makis | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Dr. Joseph Mercola | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Alex Berenson | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Dr. Robert W. Malone | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Peter A McCullough, MD, MPH | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Pierre Kory, MD, MPA | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Kirsch | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Hopkins | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| eugyppius | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Sayer Ji | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| The Vigilant Fox | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Karen Kingston | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| The Corbett Report | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Doc Malik | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Meryl Nass | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| The Truth About Cancer | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | ▲1 |
| George Webb | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | ▼1 |
| NE - Naked Emperor Newsletter | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
History starts on Oct 31, 2026. Each day adds a column.
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