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, Rising
- 9,443
- Smallest on the board
- 3
- David Taub, #51
- 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.
Rising
Substack ranks Rising by recent growth in paid subscribers. Followers are my daily reading.
Climbed most since Oct 31: Joakim Lamotte new at #2, US Democratic Socialists new at #8, Normal Island News new at #11, Liam Halligan new at #12, Steve Vladeck new at #13.
| # | Move | Writer | Followers | Recommended by | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |  Aaron ParnasThe Parnas Perspective |
361,817 | 74 +41 | |
| 2 | new |  Joakim Lamottejoakimlamotte.se |
18,489 | 50 | |
| 3 | ▲2 |  The Wright Report@wrightreport |
14,007 | 50 +4 | |
| 4 | ▼1 |  The Platform@theplatformnz |
2,984 | 2 +2 | |
| 5 | ▼3 |  Jim AcostaThe Jim Acosta Show |
603,939 | 84 +14 | |
| 6 | ▼2 |  Stefano FeltriAppunti - di Stefano Feltri |
42,234 | 52 +10 | |
| 7 | ▲7 |  The Daily Beast@thedailybeast |
135,802 | 55 +19 | |
| 8 | new |  US Democratic SocialistsU.S. Democratic Socialists |
117,395 | 53 +10 | |
| 9 | 0 |  Really American@reallyamerican |
163,937 | 56 +16 | |
| 10 | 0 |  Paulo MotorynNoites Húngaras |
19,231 | 52 +22 | |
| 11 | new |  Normal Island News@normalislandnews |
75,119 | ? | |
| 12 | new |  Liam HalliganWhen The Facts Change |
27,799 | 57 +5 | |
| 13 | new |  Steve VladeckOne First |
172,681 | 62 +4 | |
| 14 | ▲1 |  AlterNet AmericaAlternet America |
79,431 | 55 +8 | |
| 15 | ▼8 |  Claudia de Lillo alias ElastiElastiverso di Claudia de Lillo |
8,911 | 33 +1 | |
| 16 | ▲69 |  Jenna McCarthyJenna’s Side |
21,769 | 55 +3 | |
| 17 | ▼11 |  Katie Couric@katiecouric |
273,178 | 59 +9 | |
| 18 | ▲62 |  The Upsetter@theupsetterstrikes |
5,716 | 47 | |
| 19 | ▼8 |  Grand Army Gazette@grandarmygazette |
8,352 | 32 +5 | |
| 20 | new |  Zev ShalevNarativ with Zev Shalev |
41,185 | 56 +6 | |
| 21 | ▲41 |  RocaNews@rocanews |
254,623 | 52 +1 | |
| 22 | new |  Jake Wallis Simons@jakewsimons |
9,443 | 52 +5 | |
| 23 | new |  Sally Lisa StarkenDie Informantin |
7,309 | ? | |
| 24 | new |  Carlotta VagnoliRassegna Stanca |
6,905 | ? | |
| 25 | ▼4 |  Candice MalcolmJuno News |
187,378 | 52 +8 | |
| 26 | new |  Marina EnrichWATIF TV |
13,243 | 50 | |
| 27 | ▼11 |  Tim WyattThe Critical Friend |
2,804 | 39 | |
| 28 | ▼16 |  Memo TorresThe CounterMemo |
4,387 | 9 +9 | |
| 29 | ▼3 |  Andrew WeissmannBehind The Headlines |
315,806 | 59 +5 | |
| 30 | ▼8 |  Glenn Kirschner@glennkirschner |
182,145 | 60 +9 | |
| 31 | ▼12 |  From the Writer's CabinFrom The Writer's Cabin |
24,198 | 50 +3 | |
| 32 | new |  Mario GiordanoIl Grillo Parlante |
22,433 | 46 +5 | |
| 33 | new |  Pete DominickStand Up with Pete Dominick Daily |
7,475 | ? | |
| 34 | new |  Chris CillizzaSo What |
82,300 | 58 +1 | |
| 35 | ▲47 |  Cobble Hill Collective@cobblehillcollective |
5,301 | 10 | |
| 36 | ▲11 |  Bed-Stuy Stoop@bedstuystoop |
4,224 | 9 +1 | |
| 37 | ▲32 |  Sasha ReheyloUkrainian Friend News |
11,852 | 16 +6 | |
| 38 | ▼13 |  Jan DijkgraafStukkiestikker te Eesterga |
15,036 | 47 +4 | |
| 39 | new |  Jim WatersonLondon Centric |
50,027 | 56 +2 | |
| 40 | new |  Monte Mader@montemader |
109,496 | ? | |
| 41 | new |  Matt ElliottCity Hall Watcher |
13,570 | 52 +3 | |
| 42 | new |  David McKay WilsonDavid McKay Wilson - Hudson Valley Digger |
2,110 | ? | |
| 43 | new |  Brad OnishiThe Axis Mundi Network |
9,766 | ? | |
| 44 | new |  TYT Network I The Young TurksTYT Network |
27,234 | ? | |
| 45 | ▼25 |  Shaun PinnerVoices from the Front |
5,940 | 39 +2 | |
| 46 | new |  Tom SykesThe Royalist |
62,538 | 62 +10 | |
| 47 | new |  NN Journal@nnjournal |
3,677 | ? | |
| 48 | new |  The LoonThe Loon (London Ontario Online News) |
785 | ? | |
| 49 | new |  Byline Times@bylinetimes |
57,034 | 54 +3 | |
| 50 | new |  Dale DoughertySebastopol Times |
8,689 | 50 +1 | |
| 51 | new |  David Taub@independentinthefield |
3 | ? | |
| 52 | new |  Deepcut News@deepcutnews |
20,797 | 51 +5 | |
| 53 | new |  Alita 🪐🦾🌆@alitajpeg |
2,448 | ? | |
| 54 | new |  Caolan RobertsonThe CR Report |
1,267 | ? | |
| 55 | new |  Daniel Duarte BragaThe Paraguay Post |
70 | ? | |
| 56 | new |  Claudia Vargas@byclaudiavargas |
361 | ? | |
| 57 | new |  Greg PalastGreg Palast Investigates |
19,931 | 50 +1 | |
| 58 | new |  The Hamptons Chronicle@thehamptonschronicle |
3,383 | ? | |
| 59 | new |  Philippe CorbéZeitgeist |
12,588 | 50 +4 | |
| 60 | ▼31 |  The Brink@thebrinkpodcast |
7,318 | 46 +3 | |
| 61 | new |  Lauren The Insider@laurentheinsider |
8,834 | 22 +8 | |
| 62 | ▲8 |  Matthew ColeThe Cole Report |
3,231 | 15 +2 | |
| 63 | new |  Juliette KayyemEarly Warning with Juliette Kayyem |
5,594 | 29 +2 | |
| 64 | new |  Girl News@9irlnews |
5,270 | ? | |
| 65 | ▲28 |  The Conversation U.S.The Afternoon Story |
15,162 | 54 | |
| 66 | ▼53 |  The Camp Beagle@thecampbeagle |
3,720 | 2 +2 | |
| 67 | new |  Ken TingleyThe Front Page - Upstate New York |
4,573 | ? | |
| 68 | new |  Gemma O’DohertyGemma O'Doherty's Substack |
6,544 | ? | |
| 69 | new |  Richard J. TofelSecond Rough Draft |
14,271 | ? | |
| 70 | new |  Napa Valley Features@napavalleyfeatures1 |
6,498 | 51 +1 | |
| 71 | new |  Kevin Ortega-RojasHere's Why with Kevin Ortega-Rojas |
4,675 | ? | |
| 72 | new |  The Advocate's Ledger@theadvocatesledger |
3 | ? | |
| 73 | new |  Roy Ben-TzviRoy Ben Tzvi's Newsletter |
16,647 | ? | |
| 74 | ▼6 |  Shaun FarrarBar Harbor Story |
6,257 | 50 | |
| 75 | new |  Joshua RozenbergA Lawyer Writes |
29,636 | 52 | |
| 76 | new |  Peter St OngePeter St Onge, Ph.D. |
41,638 | 53 +2 | |
| 77 | new |  James BloodworthFor the Desk Drawer |
6,961 | ? | |
| 78 | new |  Democratic Wins Media@demwinsmedia |
179,442 | 51 +3 | |
| 79 | new |  Prof. Bonk 🇺🇦@professorbonk |
4,170 | ? | |
| 80 | new |  Jim BourgPublic Impact News |
6,054 | ? | |
| 81 | new |  Capitol Hill CitizenCapitol Hill Citizen Substack |
3,639 | ? | |
| 82 | new |  La lettre de la LNPLVLNPLV Lettre d'information |
11,280 | ? | |
| 83 | ▼10 |  Timmy FacciolaThe Judge Street Journal |
1,225 | 6 +1 | |
| 84 | new |  SWISSVOX@swissvox |
4,380 | ? | |
| 85 | new |  Suzanne BellsnyderTEXAS RURAL REPORTER |
3,672 | ? | |
| 86 | new |  Snarky Gherkin (The Gherk)Snarky Gherkin |
19,601 | ? | |
| 87 | new |  Penny MariePenny Marie NZ |
3,987 | ? | |
| 88 | ▼55 |  Maine Newsroom@mainenewsroom |
2,613 | 9 +1 | |
| 89 | new |  Ted Lund | Above the FoldAbove The Fold |
2,343 | ? | |
| 90 | new |  Communications CounselPublic Records Briefing |
764 | ? | |
| 91 | ▼19 |  The EconomistThe Economist: Off the Charts |
527,183 | 55 +45 | |
| 92 | new |  Szőke Mária Magdolna@szmm |
765 | ? | |
| 93 | new |  Cecília Olliveira@ceciliaolliveira |
371 | ? | |
| 94 | new |  Sean TubbsCharlottesville Community Engagement |
5,949 | 51 | |
| 95 | ▼12 |  Pablo ManríquezPablo Reports |
55,554 | 14 | |
| 96 | new |  Know Your Neighbor@kynsocial |
481 | ? | |
| 97 | new |  Bill Metcalfe@billmetcalfe1 |
415 | ? | |
| 98 | new |  Caroline Orr Bueno, PhDWeaponized |
24,525 | ? | |
| 99 | new |  Bianca GraulauBianca’s Substack |
12,207 | ? | |
| 100 | new |  Froehlich MediaGeorge’s Kitchen |
17,964 | ? |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Parnas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Joakim Lamotte | 2 | new | |||
| The Wright Report | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ▲3 |
| The Platform | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Acosta | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ▼2 |
| Stefano Feltri | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ▼1 |
| The Daily Beast | 23 | 14 | 14 | 7 | ▲16 |
| US Democratic Socialists | 8 | new | |||
| Really American | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ▼2 |
| Paulo Motoryn | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ▲2 |
| Normal Island News | 11 | new | |||
| Liam Halligan | 12 | new | |||
| Steve Vladeck | 13 | new | |||
| AlterNet America | 18 | 15 | 15 | 14 | ▲4 |
| Claudia de Lillo alias Elasti | 17 | 7 | 7 | 15 | ▲2 |
| Jenna McCarthy | 22 | 85 | 85 | 16 | ▲6 |
| Katie Couric | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | ▼15 |
| The Upsetter | 39 | 80 | 80 | 18 | ▲21 |
| Grand Army Gazette | 8 | 11 | 11 | 19 | ▼11 |
| Zev Shalev | 20 | new |
History starts on Oct 31, 2026. Each day adds a column.
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