News on Substack
The top 100 News 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
- 48,603
- Smallest on the board
- 173
- Nob Hill News, #84
- New recommendations, 30 days
- 622
- to writers whose main category this is
Rising in News: 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.
Aaron Parnas
362k followers · #1 News Bestsellers
Paulo Motoryn
19k followers · #10 News Rising
Dan Wootton
98k followers · #28 News Bestsellers
The Daily Beast
136k followers · #55 News Bestsellers
Katie Phang
723k followers · #24 News Bestsellers
FiftyPlusOne
13k followers · #69 News Bestsellers
Really American
164k followers · #15 News 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: Liam Halligan #86 to #77, FiftyPlusOne #73 to #69, The Brink #96 to #93, Chris Cillizza #24 to #22, Joakim Lamotte #53 to #51.
| # | Move | Writer | Followers | Recommended by | Paid | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |  Aaron ParnasThe Parnas Perspective |
361,817 | 74 +41 | none shown | |
| 2 | 0 |  Rene LankenauWhitepaper.mx |
124,332 | 51 +11 | Tens of thousands | |
| 3 | 0 |  Jim AcostaThe Jim Acosta Show |
603,939 | 84 +14 | Tens of thousands | |
| 4 | 0 |  John EllisNews Items |
81,735 | 53 +1 | Thousands | |
| 5 | 0 |  Michael ShellenbergerPublic |
303,695 | 74 +3 | Thousands | |
| 6 | 0 |  Bill BishopSinocism |
568,849 | 89 +3 | Thousands | |
| 7 | 0 |  Scott DworkinThe Dworkin Report |
413,730 | 67 +8 | Tens of thousands | |
| 8 | 0 |  Candice MalcolmJuno News |
187,378 | 52 +8 | Tens of thousands | |
| 9 | 0 |  Sara FaySerious Trouble |
85,430 | 52 +1 | Tens of thousands | |
| 10 | 0 |  Seymour Hersh@seymourhersh |
328,055 | 81 +9 | Tens of thousands | |
| 11 | 0 |  Steve VladeckOne First |
172,681 | 62 +4 | Thousands | |
| 12 | 0 |  Jim WatersonLondon Centric |
50,027 | 56 +2 | Thousands | |
| 13 | 0 |  Erick-Woods EricksonErick Erickson's Show Notes |
106,053 | 55 +3 | Thousands | |
| 14 | 0 |  Katie Couric@katiecouric |
273,178 | 59 +9 | Thousands | |
| 15 | 0 |  Really American@reallyamerican |
163,937 | 56 +16 | Thousands | |
| 16 | 0 |  The Platform@theplatformnz |
2,984 | 2 +2 | Thousands | |
| 17 | 0 |  Angus HerveyFix The News |
83,011 | 57 +5 | Thousands | |
| 18 | 0 |  The Wright Report@wrightreport |
14,007 | 50 +4 | Thousands | |
| 19 | 0 |  RocaNews@rocanews |
254,623 | 52 +1 | Thousands | |
| 20 | 0 |  Shaun KingThe North Star with Shaun King |
597,322 | 52 +4 | Thousands | |
| 21 | 0 |  Julie k BrownThe Epstein Files by Julie K. Brown |
120,459 | 59 +5 | Thousands | |
| 22 | ▲1 |  Chris CillizzaSo What |
82,300 | 58 +1 | Thousands | |
| 23 | ▼1 |  Zev ShalevNarativ with Zev Shalev |
41,185 | 56 +6 | Thousands | |
| 24 | 0 |  Katie Phang@katiephang |
722,930 | 70 +17 | Tens of thousands | |
| 25 | 0 |  Sam CooperThe Bureau |
48,603 | 56 +3 | Thousands | |
| 26 | 0 |  Tom SykesThe Royalist |
62,538 | 62 +10 | Thousands | |
| 27 | 0 |  Andrew WeissmannBehind The Headlines |
315,806 | 59 +5 | Thousands | |
| 28 | 0 |  Dan WoottonDan Wootton Outspoken |
97,865 | 60 +21 | Thousands | |
| 29 | 0 |  Glenn Kirschner@glennkirschner |
182,145 | 60 +9 | Thousands | |
| 30 | 0 |  Dave BangertBased in Lafayette, Indiana |
10,614 | 50 | Thousands | |
| 31 | 0 |  Gad World@gadworld |
2,013 | ? | none shown | |
| 32 | 0 |  Stefano FeltriAppunti - di Stefano Feltri |
42,234 | 52 +10 | Thousands | |
| 33 | 0 |  Adam KlasfeldAll Rise News |
43,765 | 60 +6 | Thousands | |
| 34 | 0 |  Michael YonKinjiro House: Michael and Masako Yon |
51,389 | 56 +3 | Thousands | |
| 35 | 0 |  Democratic Wins Media@demwinsmedia |
179,442 | 51 +3 | Thousands | |
| 36 | 0 |  Emerald RobinsonEmerald Robinson: The Right Way |
88,130 | 56 +3 | Thousands | |
| 37 | 0 |  Michael HarriotContrabandCamp |
48,678 | 54 +1 | Thousands | |
| 38 | 0 |  US Democratic SocialistsU.S. Democratic Socialists |
117,395 | 53 +10 | Thousands | |
| 39 | 0 |  Caitlin JohnstoneCaitlin’s Newsletter |
112,840 | 62 +4 | Thousands | |
| 40 | 0 |  AlterNet AmericaAlternet America |
79,431 | 55 +8 | Thousands | |
| 41 | 0 |  From the Writer's CabinFrom The Writer's Cabin |
24,198 | 50 +3 | Thousands | |
| 42 | 0 |  John Dickerson@johnfdickerson |
46,601 | 51 | Thousands | |
| 43 | 0 |  Stuart WinchesterThe Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast |
20,778 | 51 +3 | Thousands | |
| 44 | 0 |  ShipwreckedcrewShipwreckedcrew's Port-O-Call |
15,066 | 50 +3 | Thousands | |
| 45 | 0 |  Joshua RozenbergA Lawyer Writes |
29,636 | 52 | Thousands | |
| 46 | 0 |  Yashar AliYashar Ali | The Reset |
83,801 | 51 | Thousands | |
| 47 | 0 |  Lisa RemillardFactsHQ |
142,980 | 52 +3 | Thousands | |
| 48 | 0 |  Grand Army Gazette@grandarmygazette |
8,352 | 32 +5 | Thousands | |
| 49 | 0 |  Andy NgoNgo Comment |
55,099 | 51 +1 | Thousands | |
| 50 | 0 |  Jefferson MorleyJFK Facts |
33,648 | 55 +2 | Thousands | |
| 51 | ▲2 |  Joakim Lamottejoakimlamotte.se |
18,489 | 50 | Thousands | |
| 52 | 0 |  Deepcut News@deepcutnews |
20,797 | 51 +5 | Thousands | |
| 53 | ▼2 |  Radley BalkoThe Watch |
67,372 | 57 +1 | Thousands | |
| 54 | 0 |  Dale DoughertySebastopol Times |
8,689 | 50 +1 | Thousands | |
| 55 | ▲1 |  The Daily Beast@thedailybeast |
135,802 | 55 +19 | Thousands | |
| 56 | ▼1 |  Sabrina NanjiQueen's Park Observer |
9,327 | 51 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 57 | 0 |  Jim StewartsonMindWar: The Psychological War on Democracy |
81,186 | 55 +3 | Thousands | |
| 58 | 0 |  The Robinson Report@robinsonreport |
44,647 | 51 +1 | Thousands | |
| 59 | 0 |  Scott Van VoorhisContrarian Boston |
15,760 | 50 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 60 | ▲1 |  Michael T. Flynn LTG USA (RET)General Flynn's Substack - Official |
75,361 | 51 +1 | Thousands | |
| 61 | ▼1 |  SenseiSensei.news |
4,326 | 25 | 100+ badge | |
| 62 | 0 |  John SchindlerTOP SECRET UMBRA |
12,403 | 51 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 63 | 0 |  Byline Times@bylinetimes |
57,034 | 54 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 64 | 0 |  Victoire TuaillonRenverser la table |
40,542 | 54 +4 | Thousands | |
| 65 | 0 |  Crux@cruxnz |
503 | ? | none shown | |
| 66 | 0 |  Suzanne DowningThe Alaska Story |
31,418 | 23 | 100+ badge | |
| 67 | ▲1 |  Philippe CorbéZeitgeist |
12,588 | 50 +4 | Thousands | |
| 68 | ▼1 |  Malin EkmanStockholm Report |
12,810 | 51 | 100+ badge | |
| 69 | ▲4 |  FiftyPlusOne@fiftyplusone |
13,262 | 50 +16 | 100+ badge | |
| 70 | 0 |  Jenna McCarthyJenna’s Side |
21,769 | 55 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 71 | ▼2 |  Matt ElliottCity Hall Watcher |
13,570 | 52 +3 | Thousands | |
| 72 | 0 |  Lawfare@lawfare |
52,485 | 51 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 73 | ▼2 |  Eddie HernandezEddie’s List: San Francisco Bay Area Events, News & Culture |
32,596 | 50 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 74 | 0 |  Peter St OngePeter St Onge, Ph.D. |
41,638 | 53 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 75 | 0 |  MatthieuLa Newsletter de CrowdBunker |
144,645 | 51 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 76 | 0 |  WhitexicanEl Taims |
50,072 | 50 +1 | Thousands | |
| 77 | ▲9 |  Liam HalliganWhen The Facts Change |
27,799 | 57 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 78 | 0 |  Don MacPhersonFredericton Independent |
9,017 | 50 | 100+ badge | |
| 79 | 0 |  Conor FriedersdorfThe Best of Journalism |
30,577 | 54 +1 | Thousands | |
| 80 | ▼3 |  Gerald Peters - @fullauto11The Peters Report - Staying One Step Ahead of the Market |
15,379 | 50 | 100+ badge | |
| 81 | ▼1 |  Ioan GrilloCrashOut by Ioan Grillo |
17,563 | 56 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 82 | 0 |  J.C. BruceTropic Press: J.C. Bruce |
690,009 | 51 +5 | Thousands | |
| 83 | 0 |  Napa Valley Features@napavalleyfeatures1 |
6,498 | 51 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 84 | ▼3 |  Nob Hill News@nobhillnews |
173 | ? | none shown | |
| 85 | ▼1 |  Right Times with Kathy Gyngell@righttimes |
5,198 | 52 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 86 | ▼1 |  Shaun FarrarBar Harbor Story |
6,257 | 50 | 100+ badge | |
| 87 | 0 |  NewsGuardNewsGuard's Reality Check |
132,782 | 54 +4 | Thousands | |
| 88 | 0 |  Miranda MillerThe Owen Sound Current |
3,450 | 28 | 100+ badge | |
| 89 | ▲1 |  Sean TubbsCharlottesville Community Engagement |
5,949 | 51 | 100+ badge | |
| 90 | ▼1 |  State of the Day@stateoftheday |
484,808 | 52 +7 | 100+ badge | |
| 91 | 0 |  Emmanuel SamarathisaThe Malaysianist |
4,583 | 23 | 100+ badge | |
| 92 | 0 |  Frank Figliuzzi@thefrankfigliuzzi |
363,434 | 56 +6 | Tens of thousands | |
| 93 | ▲3 |  The Brink@thebrinkpodcast |
7,318 | 46 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 94 | 0 |  RealAmericasVoiceReal America's Voice |
71,082 | 50 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 95 | 0 |  Laisvės TVLaisvės TV Substack |
7,886 | 17 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 96 | ▲1 |  Walter HickeyNumlock News |
63,461 | 57 +2 | Thousands | |
| 97 | ▲2 |  Leigh Anne Van DorenFXBG Advance |
3,879 | 46 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 98 | 0 |  Brian Lilley@brianlilley854135 |
23,906 | 51 | 100+ badge | |
| 99 | new |  Claudia de Lillo alias ElastiElastiverso di Claudia de Lillo |
8,911 | 33 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 100 | 0 |  Allan ClassenNorthwest Examiner |
3,768 | 35 +1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Parnas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rene Lankenau | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Acosta | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| John Ellis | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Michael Shellenberger | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Bishop | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Scott Dworkin | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Candice Malcolm | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Sara Fay | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Seymour Hersh | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Steve Vladeck | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Waterson | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Erick-Woods Erickson | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Katie Couric | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Really American | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| The Platform | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Angus Hervey | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| The Wright Report | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| RocaNews | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Shaun King | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
History starts on Oct 31, 2026. Each day adds a column.
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