Podcasts on Substack
The top 100 Podcasts 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
- 100
- Median followers, Bestsellers
- 105,182
- Smallest on the board
- 2,460
- Politix Podcast, #62
- New recommendations, 30 days
- 24
- to writers whose main category this is
Rising in Podcasts: 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.
Sajal Kapoor
37k followers · #53 Podcasts Bestsellers
Josh Barro
171k followers · #31 Podcasts Bestsellers
Small/Mid Caps with Paul Scott
5.9k followers · #32 Podcasts Bestsellers
Henrik Zeberg
25k followers · #54 Podcasts Bestsellers
Justin Robert Young
13k followers · #79 Podcasts Bestsellers
Nightmare Vision
4.9k followers · #72 Podcasts 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: Howard Luks MD new at #87, Justin Robert Young #92 to #79, Josh Barro #40 to #31, Phillips P. OBrien new at #92, Galen Druke #28 to #20.
| # | Move | Writer | Followers | Recommended by | Paid | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |  Heather Cox RichardsonLetters from an American |
3,531,361 | 196 51+ | Hundreds of thousands | |
| 2 | 0 |  The Bulwark@thebulwark |
1,395,258 | 110 51+ | Hundreds of thousands | |
| 3 | 0 |  Diabolical Lies@diabolicallies |
98,310 | 64 +20 | Tens of thousands | |
| 4 | 0 |  The Free Press@thefreepress |
2,615,674 | 131 50+ | Hundreds of thousands | |
| 5 | ▲1 |  Aaron ParnasThe Parnas Perspective |
361,817 | 74 +41 | none shown | |
| 6 | ▼1 |  Blocked and Reported@blockedandreported |
84,847 | 72 +4 | Tens of thousands | |
| 7 | ▲1 |  The Fifth ColumnThe Fifth Column (A Podcast) |
89,351 | 59 +7 | Thousands | |
| 8 | ▲2 |  MeidasTouch NetworkMeidas+ |
1,091,926 | 85 +34 | Tens of thousands | |
| 9 | 0 |  The Wright Report@wrightreport |
14,007 | 50 +4 | Thousands | |
| 10 | ▼3 |  Selvaggia LucarelliVale Tutto - di Selvaggia Lucarelli |
250,840 | 51 +9 | Tens of thousands | |
| 11 | 0 |  The Contrarian@contrarian |
611,878 | 97 +23 | Tens of thousands | |
| 12 | ▲1 |  The Pillar@thepillar |
121,222 | 56 +11 | none shown | |
| 13 | ▲1 |  Heather Delaney ReeseHope for America with Heather Delaney Reese |
184,630 | 60 +13 | Tens of thousands | |
| 14 | ▲2 |  Pantsuit Politics@pantsuitpolitics |
67,255 | 57 +2 | Thousands | |
| 15 | ▼3 |  Laurie Marbas, MD, MBAThe Habit Healers |
118,567 | 55 +11 | Thousands | |
| 16 | ▼1 |  Mehdi HasanZeteo |
893,795 | 96 +32 | Tens of thousands | |
| 17 | ▲1 |  Split Zone Duo@splitzoneduo |
29,572 | 53 +1 | Thousands | |
| 18 | ▲2 |  Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger |
794,502 | 74 +36 | Tens of thousands | |
| 19 | 0 |  Steve SchmidtThe Warning with Steve Schmidt |
332,126 | 72 +16 | Tens of thousands | |
| 20 | ▲8 |  Galen DrukeGD POLITICS |
35,207 | 54 +4 | Thousands | |
| 21 | 0 |  Gergely OroszThe Pragmatic Engineer |
1,224,782 | 68 50+ | Tens of thousands | |
| 22 | 0 |  Ethan StraussHouse of Strauss |
105,182 | 68 +1 | Thousands | |
| 23 | 0 |  Lenny RachitskyLenny's Newsletter |
1,387,860 | 84 50+ | Tens of thousands | |
| 24 | 0 |  NateNate’s Substack |
187,425 | 56 +13 | Tens of thousands | |
| 25 | ▼8 |  Paul Krugman@paulkrugman |
876,534 | 107 +47 | Tens of thousands | |
| 26 | ▼1 |  Andrew SullivanThe Weekly Dish |
354,497 | 97 +2 | Tens of thousands | |
| 27 | 0 |  Sara FaySerious Trouble |
85,430 | 52 +1 | Tens of thousands | |
| 28 | ▼2 |  Jim AcostaThe Jim Acosta Show |
603,939 | 84 +14 | Tens of thousands | |
| 29 | ▲1 |  Joyce VanceCivil Discourse with Joyce Vance |
1,099,278 | 110 +32 | Tens of thousands | |
| 30 | ▼1 |  Robert Reich@robertreich |
1,698,545 | 109 52+ | Tens of thousands | |
| 31 | ▲10 |  Josh BarroVery Serious |
171,240 | 60 +3 | Tens of thousands | |
| 32 | ▲1 |  Small/Mid Caps with Paul ScottShareIdeas.uk |
5,876 | 50 +2 | Thousands | |
| 33 | ▲1 |  Steve Eisman@realeismanplaybook |
34,197 | 51 +12 | Thousands | |
| 34 | ▲1 |  Danny, Vinnie and PorterWHAT ARE WE DOING? “Contrarians At The Gate” |
10,872 | 48 +4 | Thousands | |
| 35 | ▼3 |  Rene LankenauWhitepaper.mx |
124,332 | 51 +11 | Tens of thousands | |
| 36 | ▲4 |  Nymphet AlumniNymphet Alumni |
11,714 | 50 +1 | Thousands | |
| 37 | ▲5 |  Charlie GarciaCapital Mischief |
29,616 | 57 +6 | Thousands | |
| 38 | ▲6 |  Sarah Blondin@sarahblondin |
78,782 | 56 +9 | Thousands | |
| 39 | ▼1 |  Louise PerryMaiden Mother Matriarch |
69,701 | 59 +1 | Thousands | |
| 40 | ▼1 |  The Dumb Zone@dumbzone |
11,368 | 46 +2 | Thousands | |
| 41 | ▲4 |  George NobleThe Noble Update |
26,199 | 53 +11 | Thousands | |
| 42 | ▼11 |  Darryl CooperThe Martyr Made Substack |
212,422 | 52 +4 | Tens of thousands | |
| 43 | ▼7 |  Le ShrubReminiscences of a Shrub Operator |
68,240 | 67 +3 | Thousands | |
| 44 | ▲2 |  Steven HydenEvil Speakers |
25,053 | 58 +2 | Thousands | |
| 45 | ▲2 |  Legal AFLegal AF's Substack |
230,924 | 53 +14 | Tens of thousands | |
| 46 | ▼9 |  Haley NahmanMaybe Baby |
151,250 | 69 +7 | Thousands | |
| 47 | ▲4 |  Bill LandisThe Bill and Doug Show: Premium Ohio State Writing & Talk |
7,057 | 25 +1 | Thousands | |
| 48 | ▲1 |  Stephen L. MillerThe Versus Media Podcast by Stephen L. Miller |
10,406 | 50 +2 | Thousands | |
| 49 | ▼1 |  Timothy SnyderThinking about... |
649,664 | 108 +21 | Tens of thousands | |
| 50 | 0 |  Sean RossDrop Your Buffs |
4,649 | 17 +3 | Thousands | |
| 51 | ▼8 |  Andy BorowitzThe Borowitz Report |
782,776 | 85 +38 | Tens of thousands | |
| 52 | 0 |  Bronze Age PervertBronze Age Pervert Magenta Notebooks |
34,216 | 54 +6 | Thousands | |
| 53 | ▲2 |  Sajal KapoorAntifragile Thinking |
37,472 | 50 +6 | Thousands | |
| 54 | ▼1 |  Henrik ZebergHenrik’s Portfolio |
24,848 | 30 +2 | Thousands | |
| 55 | ▲4 |  Jimmy EvansTipping Point Now |
158,517 | 52 +2 | Tens of thousands | |
| 56 | ▼2 |  Matthew YglesiasSlow Boring |
365,362 | 88 +8 | Tens of thousands | |
| 57 | ▲3 |  Goldberry StudiosClose Reads Podcast HQ |
11,694 | 51 +3 | Thousands | |
| 58 | ▼1 |  William MakisMakis Health - by William Makis (Cancer Researcher) |
188,830 | 66 +20 | Tens of thousands | |
| 59 | ▲6 |  Crooked Media@crookedmedia |
353,916 | 57 +18 | Thousands | |
| 60 | ▲3 |  Rich CawleySouth London Sport: Charlton Athletic Edition |
5,417 | 15 +1 | Thousands | |
| 61 | ▲1 |  Jake BurnsBrowns Film Breakdown |
3,964 | 17 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 62 | ▲4 |  Politix Podcast@politix |
2,460 | ? | none shown | |
| 63 | ▼2 |  Drop Site News@dropsitenews |
910,764 | 85 +34 | Tens of thousands | |
| 64 | 0 |  VBLGoldFix |
29,370 | 54 +6 | Thousands | |
| 65 | ▼9 |  Matt TaibbiRacket News |
584,363 | 92 +7 | Tens of thousands | |
| 66 | ▼8 |  Glenn Loury@glennloury1 |
59,699 | 61 +2 | Thousands | |
| 67 | ▲3 |  David RobertsVolts |
141,094 | 68 +7 | Thousands | |
| 68 | ▲7 |  Prof G Media@profgmedia |
433,209 | 57 +12 | Thousands | |
| 69 | 0 |  Caleb FranzenCubic Analytics |
22,016 | 56 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 70 | ▲2 |  Bill BishopSinocism |
568,849 | 89 +3 | Thousands | |
| 71 | 0 |  Justin FergusonThe Auburn Observer |
7,159 | 46 +1 | Thousands | |
| 72 | ▼4 |  Nightmare VisionThe Night Owls |
4,919 | 21 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 73 | ▲4 |  Charlie SykesTo the Contrary |
200,627 | 74 +5 | Thousands | |
| 74 | ▼7 |  Dominic FrisbyThe Flying Frisby |
51,308 | 60 +6 | Thousands | |
| 75 | ▼2 |  Sam Harris@samharris |
506,142 | 73 +14 | none shown | |
| 76 | ▲8 |  大叔美股筆記 Uncle Stock Notes@unclestocknotes |
106,247 | 54 +5 | Thousands | |
| 77 | ▲2 |  Lincoln SquareLincoln Square Media |
357,448 | 73 +6 | Tens of thousands | |
| 78 | 0 |  Simon RosenbergHopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg |
356,376 | 75 +4 | Tens of thousands | |
| 79 | ▲16 |  Justin Robert YoungPolitics Politics Politics |
12,848 | 52 +1 | Thousands | |
| 80 | ▼4 |  Bernard HickeyThe Kākā by Bernard Hickey |
35,104 | 54 +1 | Thousands | |
| 81 | ▲7 |  Conundrum ClusterThe Conundrum Cluster |
5,937 | 52 | none shown | |
| 82 | 0 |  Daniel GordisIsrael from the Inside with Daniel Gordis |
55,698 | 57 +6 | Thousands | |
| 83 | ▼3 |  Steven ChickenWe Are Terriers |
4,230 | 33 | Thousands | |
| 84 | ▲3 |  THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat AliThe Left Hook with Wajahat Ali |
293,491 | 91 +11 | Thousands | |
| 85 | ▼2 |  Shea SerranoGOOD MOVIE |
131,839 | 55 +8 | Thousands | |
| 86 | ▼1 |  Esther PerelEntre Nous with Esther Perel |
472,605 | 55 +26 | Thousands | |
| 87 | new |  Howard Luks MDBuilt to Move, Born to Heal: Notes on Midlife Fitness |
36,508 | 52 +7 | Thousands | |
| 88 | ▲1 |  Matt Smith @ Crisis InvestingDoug Casey's Crisis Investing |
47,491 | 58 +5 | Thousands | |
| 89 | ▲9 |  The Hotshot Wake Up@thehotshotwakeup |
39,188 | 52 +1 | Thousands | |
| 90 | ▲4 |  TurbulenceTurbulence Podcast |
6,615 | 28 +7 | Thousands | |
| 91 | ▲1 |  John MihaljevicLatticework by MOI Global |
11,190 | 45 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 92 | new |  Phillips P. OBrienPhillips’s Newsletter |
229,771 | 76 +7 | Thousands | |
| 93 | new |  Josh YoungBison Insights |
19,738 | 55 +2 | Thousands | |
| 94 | ▲6 |  Peter BeinartThe Beinart Notebook |
206,440 | 71 +14 | Thousands | |
| 95 | ▲1 |  イケハヤ@ゲーム制作中イケハヤラジオ＆コラム |
15,482 | 50 +9 | 100+ badge | |
| 96 | new |  G. Elliott MorrisStrength In Numbers |
195,376 | 63 +8 | Thousands | |
| 97 | 0 |  Madeline RubicamThe Lizard Review |
17,975 | 50 +1 | Thousands | |
| 98 | ▲1 |  Stuart WinchesterThe Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast |
20,778 | 51 +3 | Thousands | |
| 99 | new |  Dean Blundell@deanblundell |
113,522 | 65 +17 | Thousands | |
| 100 | new |  JD HallInsight to Incite: Open Source Intelligence Analysis |
24,283 | 50 +1 | Thousands |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heather Cox Richardson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| The Bulwark | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Diabolical Lies | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| The Free Press | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Aaron Parnas | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | ▲1 |
| Blocked and Reported | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ▼1 |
| The Fifth Column | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | ▲1 |
| MeidasTouch Network | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | ▲2 |
| The Wright Report | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Selvaggia Lucarelli | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | ▼3 |
| The Contrarian | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| The Pillar | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | ▲1 |
| Heather Delaney Reese | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | ▲2 |
| Pantsuit Politics | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 0 |
| Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | ▼3 |
| Mehdi Hasan | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 0 |
| Split Zone Duo | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 0 |
| Adam Kinzinger | 22 | 20 | 20 | 18 | ▲4 |
| Steve Schmidt | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Galen Druke | 28 | 28 | 28 | 20 | ▲8 |
History starts on Oct 31, 2026. Each day adds a column.
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