Technology on Substack
The top 100 Technology 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 13:00 UTC
- Writers on the two boards
- 178
- Median followers, Bestsellers
- 65,142
- Smallest on the board
- 1,642
- Beyond The Hype, #78
- New recommendations, 30 days
- 1,035
- to writers whose main category this is
Rising in Technology: 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.
Ken Huang
138k followers · #75 Technology Bestsellers
Timothy B. Lee
445k followers · #28 Technology Bestsellers
Alex Xu
144k followers · #4 Technology Bestsellers
Sebastian Raschka, PhD
266k followers · #46 Technology Bestsellers
Michael Spencer
314k followers · #54 Technology Bestsellers
Dylan Patel
379k followers · #1 Technology Bestsellers
AI Engineering Insider
19k followers · #51 Technology 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.
Bestsellers
Substack ranks Bestsellers by paid subscribers. Followers are my daily reading.
Climbed most since Oct 31: Prof. Tom Yeh #53 to #51, イケハヤ@ゲーム制作中 #93 to #91, Liberty 💚 🥃 #85 to #84, Alex Kantrowitz #86 to #85, Sebastian Barros #99 to #98.
| # | Move | Writer | Followers | Recommended by | Paid | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |  Dylan PatelSemiAnalysis |
379,078 | 68 +25 | Tens of thousands | |
| 2 | 0 |  NateNate’s Substack |
187,425 | 56 +13 | Tens of thousands | |
| 3 | 0 |  Gergely OroszThe Pragmatic Engineer |
1,224,782 | 68 50+ | Tens of thousands | |
| 4 | 0 |  Alex XuByteByteGo Newsletter |
144,392 | 65 +44 | none shown | |
| 5 | 0 |  Azeem AzharExponential View |
233,813 | 88 +16 | Thousands | |
| 6 | 0 |  Creative StrategiesThe Diligence Stack - By Creative Strategies |
5,341 | 21 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 7 | 0 |  Casey MuratoriComputer, Enhance! |
77,422 | 52 +4 | Thousands | |
| 8 | 0 |  Aakash GuptaProduct Growth |
348,612 | 66 +11 | Thousands | |
| 9 | 0 |  DamnangDamnang Research |
18,512 | 61 +10 | Thousands | |
| 10 | 0 |  Eric NewcomerNewcomer |
146,411 | 61 +1 | Thousands | |
| 11 | 0 |  Pirate Wires@piratewires |
272,769 | 52 +3 | Thousands | |
| 12 | 0 |  Ruben DominguezThe AI Corner |
364,374 | 58 +23 | Thousands | |
| 13 | 0 |  Vikram SekarVik's Newsletter |
28,015 | 57 +6 | 100+ badge | |
| 14 | 0 |  Ben Langnext play |
145,948 | 56 +6 | Thousands | |
| 15 | 0 |  Samo BurjaBismarck Brief |
38,179 | 52 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 16 | 0 |  Peter H. DiamandisMetatrends |
175,452 | 54 +10 | Thousands | |
| 17 | 0 |  Austin LyonsChipstrat |
22,763 | 54 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 18 | 0 |  Tomas PueyoUncharted Territories |
175,995 | 61 +6 | Thousands | |
| 19 | 0 |  Gary MarcusMarcus on AI |
154,436 | 65 +11 | Thousands | |
| 20 | 0 |  Ethan EvansLevel Up Newsletter |
144,280 | 55 +4 | Thousands | |
| 21 | 0 |  Peter YangBehind the Craft |
227,225 | 58 +9 | Thousands | |
| 22 | 0 |  Paweł HurynThe Product Compass |
204,596 | 55 +1 | Thousands | |
| 23 | 0 |  PhotonCap@photoncap |
14,715 | 61 +5 | Thousands | |
| 24 | 0 |  SEMIVISIONSEMIVISION @_@ |
32,598 | 59 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 25 | 0 |  Neo KimThe System Design Newsletter |
287,814 | 52 +10 | Thousands | |
| 26 | 0 |  Opinion AI@opinionai |
128,748 | 55 +6 | Thousands | |
| 27 | 0 |  kyla scanlonKyla’s Newsletter |
224,210 | 64 +7 | Thousands | |
| 28 | 0 |  Timothy B. LeeUnderstanding AI |
445,112 | 61 +44 | Thousands | |
| 29 | 0 |  Tech FundTech Investments |
35,766 | 52 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 30 | 0 |  Gregor OjstersekEngineering Leadership |
250,935 | 59 +8 | Thousands | |
| 31 | 0 |  Taylor LorenzUser Mag |
217,872 | 73 +4 | Thousands | |
| 32 | 0 |  Nate B. Jones@nbjadmin |
3,902 | ? | none shown | |
| 33 | 0 |  Alberto RomeroThe Algorithmic Bridge |
85,386 | 63 +11 | Thousands | |
| 34 | 0 |  Alex KonradUpstarts Media |
19,513 | 55 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 35 | 0 |  Ashlee VanceCore Memory |
50,515 | 59 +1 | Thousands | |
| 36 | 0 |  Andrew Lu on global Semi/TechsAndrew Lu on global semis and techs |
23,330 | 54 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 37 | 0 |  Brian PotterConstruction Physics |
125,784 | 68 +12 | Thousands | |
| 38 | 0 |  Luca RossiRefactoring |
243,157 | 57 +6 | Thousands | |
| 39 | 0 |  Guillermo FlorProduct Market Fit |
136,959 | 60 +9 | Thousands | |
| 40 | 0 |  Nathan LambertInterconnects AI |
130,029 | 59 +17 | Thousands | |
| 41 | 0 |  Carlos Diaz🌶️ Silicon Carne |
32,481 | 51 +7 | 100+ badge | |
| 42 | 0 |  Jack ClarkImport AI |
164,971 | 56 +14 | Thousands | |
| 43 | 0 |  The Drey Dossier@thedreydossier |
120,072 | 60 +10 | Thousands | |
| 44 | 0 |  Rich HolmesDepartment of Product |
63,740 | 54 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 45 | 0 |  Nutty@nuttycld |
9,437 | 50 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 46 | 0 |  Sebastian Raschka, PhDAhead of AI |
266,274 | 59 +37 | Thousands | |
| 47 | 0 |  Kent BeckSoftware Design: Tidy First? |
201,779 | 57 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 48 | 0 |  Jesus RodriguezTheSequence |
179,021 | 51 +4 | Thousands | |
| 49 | 0 |  WyndoThe AI Maker |
33,081 | 60 +10 | 100+ badge | |
| 50 | 0 |  Pete ModiglianiDefense Tech and Acquisition |
24,988 | 52 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 51 | ▲2 |  Prof. Tom YehAI by Hand ✍️ |
92,753 | 55 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 52 | ▼1 |  Frank AndradeArtificial Corner |
104,776 | 54 +13 | 100+ badge | |
| 53 | ▼1 |  Rational Optimist Society@rationaloptimistsociety |
35,413 | 54 +5 | Thousands | |
| 54 | 0 |  Michael SpencerAI Supremacy |
314,051 | 87 +32 | Thousands | |
| 55 | 0 |  Ben PouladianBEP Research |
6,179 | 27 | 100+ badge | |
| 56 | 0 |  GencayLearnAIWithMe |
26,458 | 54 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 57 | 0 |  Brendan KeelerHealth API Guy |
14,675 | 52 +5 | Thousands | |
| 58 | 0 |  The AI Break@theaibreak |
136,073 | 56 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 59 | 0 |  Elena VernaElena's Growth Scoop |
134,947 | 58 +9 | 100+ badge | |
| 60 | 0 |  Dr Alan D. ThompsonThe Memo by LifeArchitect.ai |
13,030 | 51 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 61 | 0 |  Alex HeathSources |
5,875 | 53 +1 | none shown | |
| 62 | 0 |  Brian MerchantBlood in the Machine |
63,476 | 62 +8 | Thousands | |
| 63 | 0 |  Excellent AI Prompts@excellentaiprompts |
153,934 | 51 +14 | 100+ badge | |
| 64 | 0 |  Luiza Jarovsky, PhDLuiza's Newsletter |
50,728 | 52 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 65 | 0 |  JustinTechnically |
95,009 | 57 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 66 | 0 |  Andrew StetsenkoThe Global Move |
19,357 | 52 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 67 | 0 |  Daria CupareanuAI blew my mind |
21,603 | 58 +8 | 100+ badge | |
| 68 | 0 |  WK@wkwkwk5346 |
3,942 | 16 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 69 | 0 |  Presse Non StopLe Pavé numérique |
19,237 | 49 +1 | Thousands | |
| 70 | 0 |  Evan ArmstrongThe Leverage |
45,854 | 55 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 71 | 0 |  Angus the NontechnicalAngus's Substack |
22,436 | 23 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 72 | 0 |  DevanshArtificial Intelligence Made Simple |
286,095 | 59 +8 | 100+ badge | |
| 73 | 0 |  Nava WhitefordASeq Newsletter |
4,978 | 50 | 100+ badge | |
| 74 | 0 |  Chamath Palihapitiya@chamath |
313,630 | 49 +11 | none shown | |
| 75 | 0 |  Ken HuangAgentic AI |
137,824 | 51 50+ | 100+ badge | |
| 76 | 0 |  Jeremy CaplanWonder Tools |
121,404 | 60 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 77 | 0 |  Sifu Yik ChanSifu Yik's Substack |
75,981 | 53 +8 | 100+ badge | |
| 78 | 0 |  Beyond The HypeBeyond The Hype - Looking Past Management & Wall Street Hype |
1,642 | 4 | none shown | |
| 79 | 0 |  Zvi MowshowitzDon't Worry About the Vase |
94,481 | 60 +8 | 100+ badge | |
| 80 | 0 |  G2AI@g2ai |
8,763 | 25 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 81 | 0 |  Benjamin MarieThe Kaitchup – AI on a Budget |
21,819 | 51 | 100+ badge | |
| 82 | 0 |  Jasmine Sun@jasmine’s substack |
65,142 | 62 +12 | 100+ badge | |
| 83 | 0 |  Raphaëlle d'OrnanoDecoding Discontinuity |
6,584 | 24 +3 | none shown | |
| 84 | 0 |  Liberty 💚 🥃Liberty’s Highlights |
74,300 | 55 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 85 | ▲1 |  Alex KantrowitzBig Technology |
231,907 | 57 +12 | 100+ badge | |
| 86 | ▼1 |  Miguel Otero PedridoThe Neural Maze |
22,462 | 51 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 87 | 0 |  Sergei PolevikovAI Health Uncut |
21,191 | 54 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 88 | 0 |  Sean Cai@seanzcai |
2,161 | 14 | 100+ badge | |
| 89 | 0 |  Poe ZhaoHello China Tech |
8,452 | 47 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 90 | 0 |  Rich DeMuroRich on Tech |
79,196 | 50 +2 | Thousands | |
| 91 | ▲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 | |
| 92 | ▼1 |  Ryan FleuryDigital Grove |
12,622 | 51 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 93 | 0 |  Tech Buzz ChinaTech Buzz China Insider |
13,624 | 50 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 94 | 0 |  TrendForce@trendforceinsights |
8,975 | 33 +3 | none shown | |
| 95 | 0 |  Joe Reis@joereis |
46,523 | 51 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 96 | 0 |  The OSINT Newsletter@osintnewsletter |
43,207 | 51 +7 | 100+ badge | |
| 97 | 0 |  Jacob BartlettJacob’s Tech Tavern |
19,262 | 52 | 100+ badge | |
| 98 | ▲1 |  Sebastian BarrosSebastian Barros Newsletter |
14,336 | 55 | 100+ badge | |
| 99 | ▼1 |  John HwangEnterprise AI Trends |
20,860 | 50 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 100 | 0 |  Kamil BancAI Adopters Club |
21,042 | 53 +4 | 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 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Patel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nate | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Gergely Orosz | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Alex Xu | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Azeem Azhar | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Creative Strategies | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Casey Muratori | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Aakash Gupta | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Damnang | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Eric Newcomer | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Pirate Wires | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Ruben Dominguez | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Vikram Sekar | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Ben Lang | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Samo Burja | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Peter H. Diamandis | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Austin Lyons | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Tomas Pueyo | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Gary Marcus | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Ethan Evans | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
History starts on Oct 31, 2026. Each day adds a column.
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