History on Substack
The top 100 History 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
- 162
- Median followers, Rising
- 7,345
- Smallest on the board
- 0
- 𝐒𝐏𝐆, #38
- New recommendations, 30 days
- 595
- to writers whose main category this is
Rising in History: 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.
The Culturist
441k followers · #3 History Bestsellers
This Day In History
447k followers · #65 History Bestsellers
Mythology: Gods and Monsters
148k followers · #29 History Rising
Adam Tooze
256k followers · #2 History Bestsellers
Books Behind Borders
87k followers · #48 History Bestsellers
Lucy Worsley
94k followers · #9 History Bestsellers
Cool Stories About History
7.5k followers · #12 History RisingNew 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.
Rising
Substack ranks Rising by recent growth in paid subscribers. Followers are my daily reading.
Climbed most since Oct 31: Curtis Yarvin new at #1, Colin Gorrie new at #5, Books Behind Borders new at #9, TMH new at #11, Melissa Brodsky new at #14.
| # | Move | Writer | Followers | Recommended by | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | new |  Curtis YarvinGray Mirror |
92,552 | 58 +6 | |
| 2 | ▼1 |  Holly A BrownMedieval Musings |
16,043 | 54 +11 | |
| 3 | ▲1 |  Lucy WorsleyMy Life in the Past |
94,163 | 58 +14 | |
| 4 | ▼2 |  Jermaine FowlerThe Humanity Archive |
73,975 | 53 +7 | |
| 5 | ▲5 |  Colin GorrieDead Language Society |
102,021 | 54 +32 | |
| 6 | ▼3 |  James LucasBeauty is truth |
99,504 | 53 +11 | |
| 7 | ▲2 |  Textile Archaeology@textilearchaeology |
21,889 | 50 +4 | |
| 8 | new |  Michael MotleyOne Mic Black History |
8,785 | 50 +5 | |
| 9 | new |  Books Behind BordersMaddie (Books Behind Borders) |
87,468 | 50 +15 | |
| 10 | ▲14 |  MichaelQuiet Canines |
5,508 | 13 +4 | |
| 11 | new |  TMHThe Memory Hole |
38,943 | 50 +2 | |
| 12 | new |  Cool Stories About History@coolstoriesabouthistory |
7,451 | 33 +12 | |
| 13 | ▼8 |  Brown History@brownhistory |
98,881 | 52 +5 | |
| 14 | new |  Melissa BrodskyThe Lioness Writes |
12,039 | 50 +9 | |
| 15 | new |  Conundrum ClusterThe Conundrum Cluster |
5,937 | 52 | |
| 16 | ▼9 |  Raymond Ibrahim@raymondibrahim |
22,701 | 52 +10 | |
| 17 | new |  Kate Brower@katebrower |
2,331 | ? | |
| 18 | new |  Mark L. Javitch, Esq.Jewish Community Advocacy Council |
917 | ? | |
| 19 | new |  Robertas Petrauskas@robertaspetrauskas |
17,327 | 51 | |
| 20 | new |  Modern CaesarThe Modern Caesar |
5,209 | ? | |
| 21 | new |  Andrew LownieThe Lownie Report |
18,618 | 53 +1 | |
| 22 | new |  Suzannah Lipscomb 💙Tudor Nerd Collective |
9,982 | ? | |
| 23 | new |  artlustArtlust |
14,067 | 51 +8 | |
| 24 | new |  The Cosmic Clock@thecosmicclock1 |
2,143 | ? | |
| 25 | new |  David RomanA History of Mankind |
66,776 | 56 +2 | |
| 26 | new |  Hymie RubensteinREAL Indigenous Report |
6,430 | 51 | |
| 27 | new |  Kirby Sommers@kirbysommers |
10,819 | 50 +3 | |
| 28 | new |  New Books NetworkThe New Books Network Newsletter |
13,974 | ? | |
| 29 | ▲61 |  Mythology: Gods and Monsters@godsandmonstersinfo |
148,373 | 53 +22 | |
| 30 | ▲9 |  MJ12 Logic@mj12logic |
1,560 | 12 +2 | |
| 31 | ▼5 |  John NelsonBehind the Gospels |
12,553 | 54 +2 | |
| 32 | ▲47 |  Patrick WymanPerspectives: Past, Present, and Future, by Patrick Wyman |
23,403 | 51 +3 | |
| 33 | ▲36 |  Katja HoyerZEITGEIST |
15,567 | 52 +3 | |
| 34 | new |  Mad About Churchill@madaboutchurchill |
2,380 | ? | |
| 35 | ▲2 |  Petula DvorakPersisters |
1,790 | 22 +4 | |
| 36 | new |  Cancelled Books@cancelledbooks |
506 | ? | |
| 37 | new |  Peter HustonMostly Asian History |
1,598 | ? | |
| 38 | new |  𝐒𝐏𝐆SPG+ |
0 | ? | |
| 39 | new |  weird medieval guysweird medieval guys |
122,694 | 53 +6 | |
| 40 | new |  Nicholas MulderWeltinnenpolitik |
4,956 | ? | |
| 41 | new |  Hoist The Black FlagHoist the Black Flag |
3,608 | ? | |
| 42 | ▲56 |  BCDThe Bazaar of War |
7,345 | 51 +1 | |
| 43 | ▼18 |  Black history at estate salesSafekeeping |
322 | 0 | |
| 44 | new |  Jackie DanaUnseen St. Louis |
7,871 | ? | |
| 45 | ▲30 |  Rutger Bregman@rutgerbregman |
42,409 | 52 +5 | |
| 46 | new |  Lindsay Winslow Brown@risingfromthered |
4,981 | 13 +1 | |
| 47 | new |  Dan GardnerPastPresentFuture |
25,344 | 57 +1 | |
| 48 | ▲49 |  Dr Lacey Bonar HullThe Historian's Desk |
11,477 | 37 +3 | |
| 49 | new |  Ellie Irelandancient echoes |
3,573 | ? | |
| 50 | new |  Arnoldo David Diaz TamezCrítica y Acción (Arnoldo Diaz) |
594 | ? | |
| 51 | ▼29 |  Ancient History@kybelenotes |
2,622 | 6 +2 | |
| 52 | ▲44 |  Nick BryantHistory Never Ended |
8,259 | 30 +2 | |
| 53 | new |  Morrigan and the Muted CrownMorrigan's Substack |
879 | ? | |
| 54 | new |  Misty Hamilton SmithAppalachian Genealogy & History |
404 | ? | |
| 55 | new |  Khaled DardirThe Muslim Observer |
1,840 | ? | |
| 56 | ▲9 |  Ido SingerWhen I Should Have Died |
4,451 | 33 +8 | |
| 57 | new |  Warner BlakeTai Chi & Me |
591 | ? | |
| 58 | new |  OrígenesOrígenes - Historia y Arqueología |
118,187 | ? | |
| 59 | new |  Modernist Estates—Stefi OraziModernist Estates |
1,665 | ? | |
| 60 | new |  Giselle KirályA Quick and Dirty Guide to English Archaeology |
211 | ? | |
| 61 | new |  History Homos@historyhomospod |
910 | ? | |
| 62 | new |  Saxon HenryThe Modern Salonnière |
310 | ? | |
| 63 | ▲28 |  Peter TurchinCliodynamica by Peter Turchin |
18,764 | 52 +1 | |
| 64 | new |  Prince Eudes d'ORLEANSLa France dans le temps long |
608 | ? | |
| 65 | new |  Janice FiamengoThe Fiamengo File |
14,447 | 54 +1 | |
| 66 | new |  Steven Baughman JensenHealing White History |
3,079 | ? | |
| 67 | new |  Robert FrancisBird History |
5,187 | ? | |
| 68 | ▼52 |  Shaun UsherLetters of Note |
114,304 | 60 +5 | |
| 69 | new |  Michael OrenClarity with Michael Oren |
35,222 | 58 +2 | |
| 70 | ▲2 |  ProfessorMeredithBitchy History |
29,269 | 53 +7 | |
| 71 | new |  Daniel Steinmetz-JenkinsThe History of Now |
1,287 | ? | |
| 72 | new |  Alexis CoeStudy Marry Kill |
13,640 | 52 +2 | |
| 73 | ▼55 |  Johan FourieOur Long Walk |
10,200 | 52 +1 | |
| 74 | new |  Zoomer Historian@zoomerhistorian |
16,887 | 47 +5 | |
| 75 | ▼63 |  Carlyn BecciaThe Grim Historian |
21,453 | 51 +6 | |
| 76 | new |  Kevin M. LevinCivil War Memory |
22,811 | 53 +2 | |
| 77 | new |  David BSome Words about Italian Swordplay |
616 | ? | |
| 78 | new |  Michael A.G. Azad HaykinHistoria ecclesiastica: e-history with a Christian dye |
3,270 | ? | |
| 79 | new |  Russell CobbTulsa Explains Everything |
786 | ? | |
| 80 | new |  Celina101Celina's Substack |
6,527 | ? | |
| 81 | new |  Michael GaddyMichael’s Substack |
1,180 | ? | |
| 82 | new |  Icy SedgwickFabulous Folklore |
3,122 | ? | |
| 83 | new |  Secretary of Defense RockHistory Does You |
9,282 | ? | |
| 84 | new |  Gabrielle StoreyQueens, Kings, and Sexy History |
242 | ? | |
| 85 | new |  Johan Romin@johanromin |
1,084 | ? | |
| 86 | new |  Cryn JohannsenCryn’s Substack |
5,614 | ? | |
| 87 | new |  Julie MontaguGilded Heiresses |
16,735 | 29 +2 | |
| 88 | new |  Christopher ProbstEchoes from the Past |
309 | ? | |
| 89 | ▼27 |  The Double Gun Journal@doublegunjournal |
7,493 | 23 | |
| 90 | new |  Oakwise BecomingOakwise’s Substack |
363 | ? | |
| 91 | new |  Soft Jaws@softjaws |
729 | ? | |
| 92 | new |  Anthony WestgateThe Reversion |
8,752 | 50 +1 | |
| 93 | new |  Louis Hilton StoriesCoffee with Louis Hilton Stories |
510 | ? | |
| 94 | new |  Tom GriffinTom Griffin on intelligence history |
7,410 | ? | |
| 95 | new |  George DillardLooking Through the Past |
3,337 | ? | |
| 96 | new |  Alex CascioStay Angry |
8,114 | ? | |
| 97 | new |  Dr Amy BoyingtonHistory with Amy |
4,497 | ? | |
| 98 | new |  Noj Rants@nojrants |
324 | ? | |
| 99 | new |  Operational Art of WarThe Operational Art of War |
8,476 | 29 +1 | |
| 100 | new |  Sites of ConscienceInternational Coalition of Sites of Conscience |
4,270 | ? |
The top 20 on every read
Rank on each read of the Rising 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Yarvin | 1 | new | |||
| Holly A Brown | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Lucy Worsley | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Jermaine Fowler | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ▲6 |
| Colin Gorrie | 10 | 10 | 5 | ▲5 | |
| James Lucas | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ▼5 |
| Textile Archaeology | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | ▼1 |
| Michael Motley | 89 | 8 | ▲81 | ||
| Books Behind Borders | 9 | new | |||
| Michael | 24 | 24 | 24 | 10 | ▲14 |
| TMH | 11 | new | |||
| Cool Stories About History | 19 | 12 | ▲7 | ||
| Brown History | 33 | 5 | 5 | 13 | ▲20 |
| Melissa Brodsky | 14 | new | |||
| Conundrum Cluster | 15 | new | |||
| Raymond Ibrahim | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | ▼11 |
| Kate Brower | 17 | new | |||
| Mark L. Javitch, Esq. | 18 | new | |||
| Robertas Petrauskas | 19 | new | |||
| Modern Caesar | 20 | new |
History starts on Oct 31, 2026. Each day adds a column.
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