Substack writers
Every writer I track: everyone on a category leaderboard since Oct 31, 2026, plus anyone a visitor looked up. Filter, sort, and save the view.
Filters and sort
| # | Writer | Followers | Recommended by | New, 30 d | Best rank | Paid | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 551 |  Joe PosnanskiJoeBlogs | 91,779 | 60 | +4 | #5 | Thousands | |
| 552 |  Liz PlankAirplane Mode with Liz Plank | 91,494 | 58 | +4 | #48 | Thousands | |
| 553 |  Ashley AdamantPractical Self Reliance | 91,043 | 54 | +3 | #52 | 100+ badge | |
| 554 |  Alex NewmanThe Liberty Sentinel | 90,932 | 55 | +5 | none | 100+ badge | |
| 555 |  ExplorerCommon Sense Rebel | 90,705 | 50 | +2 | #22 | Thousands | |
| 556 |  Razib KhanRazib Khan's Unsupervised Learning | 90,700 | 66 | +2 | #12 | Thousands | |
| 557 |  Animation Obsessive StaffAnimation Obsessive | 90,678 | 64 | +6 | #13 | 100+ badge | |
| 558 |  DESIGN THINKING! ComicDESIGN THINKING! | 90,673 | 52 | +6 | #37 | none shown | |
| 559 |  Greg LukianoffThe Eternally Radical Idea with Greg Lukianoff | 90,324 | 54 | +1 | Rising #100 | 100+ badge | |
| 560 |  Michael W. GreenYes, I give a fig... thoughts on markets from Michael Green | 90,314 | 62 | +4 | #42 | Thousands | |
| 561 |  Astro Poets@astropoets | 89,976 | 55 | +1 | #13 | Thousands | |
| 562 |  Colin WrightReality’s Last Stand | 89,911 | 66 | +1 | #25 | Thousands | |
| 563 |  Capital Flows@capitalflows | 89,827 | 67 | +7 | #16 | Thousands | |
| 564 |  Ohh that’s RICH@ohhthatsrich | 89,702 | 52 | +7 | Rising #93 | 100+ badge | |
| 565 |  Alex O'Connor@alexoconnor | 89,596 | 54 | +18 | #18 | Thousands | |
| 566 |  The Grayzone@thegrayzone | 89,586 | 54 | +6 | #40 | Thousands | |
| 567 |  The Fifth ColumnThe Fifth Column (A Podcast) | 89,351 | 59 | +7 | #4 | Thousands | |
| 568 |  Best for BritainThe Best for Britain Wire | 89,306 | ? | 0 | Rising #20 | 100+ badge | |
| 569 |  Greg OlearPREVAIL by Greg Olear | 89,225 | 57 | +1 | #24 | 100+ badge | |
| 570 |  Fix Your Posture@fixyourposture | 89,161 | 33 | +3 | #83 | 100+ badge | |
| 571 |  Gabe FleisherWake Up To Politics | 88,953 | 56 | +1 | #69 | Thousands | |
| 572 |  Quiet Wisdom@quietwisdom | 88,934 | 54 | +5 | #99 | 100+ badge | |
| 573 |  Kristin Du MezDu Mez CONNECTIONS | 88,798 | 67 | +4 | #27 | Thousands | |
| 574 |  David EpsteinRange Widely | 88,764 | 59 | +1 | #70 | 100+ badge | |
| 575 |  Wake Up and Read The LabelsThe Wake Up Label Letter | 88,743 | 50 | +1 | #77 | Thousands | |
| 576 |  Banned Books Club@bannedbooksclub | 88,741 | ? | 0 | Rising #35 | 100+ badge | |
| 577 |  Edd KimberThe Boy Who Bakes | 88,396 | 58 | +4 | #59 | Thousands | |
| 578 |  Emerald RobinsonEmerald Robinson: The Right Way | 88,130 | 56 | +2 | #36 | Thousands | |
| 579 |  Hanif KureishiTHE KUREISHI CHRONICLES | 87,842 | 66 | +3 | #55 | Thousands | |
| 580 |  Lara LoganLara Logan's Substack | 87,705 | 50 | +2 | none | 100+ badge | |
| 581 |  Ana KasparianUnaligned | 87,683 | 55 | +3 | none | 100+ badge | |
| 582 |  Mindful Journal@mindfuljournal | 87,595 | 50 | +3 | none | none shown | |
| 583 |  javinpaulJavarevisited by Javin Paul | 87,501 | 57 | +2 | none | 100+ badge | |
| 584 |  Anton HowesAge of Invention, by Anton Howes | 87,481 | 60 | +5 | #52 | 100+ badge | |
| 585 |  Books Behind BordersMaddie (Books Behind Borders) | 87,468 | 50 | +14 | #48 | Thousands | |
| 586 |  Steve HuynhA Life Engineered | 87,373 | 55 | +2 | Rising #17 | 100+ badge | |
| 587 |  James FellSweary History with James Fell | 87,325 | 55 | 0 | #21 | Thousands | |
| 588 |  Robert WrightNonZero Newsletter | 87,288 | 61 | 0 | #62 | Thousands | |
| 589 |  laura reillyMagasin | 86,860 | 74 | +4 | #24 | Thousands | |
| 590 |  Quiet Discipline@quietdisciplined | 86,566 | 21 | +5 | none | none shown | |
| 591 |  Jared Yates SextonDispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton | 86,393 | 58 | +1 | none | Thousands | |
| 592 |  Toby RogersuTobian | 86,285 | 54 | 0 | #33 | 100+ badge | |
| 593 |  Joshua HoffmanFuture of Jewish | 86,160 | 60 | +7 | #16 | Thousands | |
| 594 |  Yotam OttolenghiOttolenghi | 86,138 | 67 | +22 | #5 | none shown | |
| 595 |  Brandon BerksonHotel Espresso, with HAP | 86,027 | 52 | +3 | none | none shown | |
| 596 |  Nick CatucciRiffPost | 85,856 | 7 | 0 | Rising #50 | 100+ badge | |
| 597 |  Elizabeth JohnstonFamily Defense Network | 85,790 | 50 | +3 | #77 | 100+ badge | |
| 598 |  Bonner Private Research@bonnerprivateresearch | 85,722 | 56 | +12 | #14 | Thousands | |
| 599 |  John PavlovitzThe Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz | 85,653 | 59 | +12 | #6 | none shown | |
| 600 |  Clare de BoerThe Best Bit | 85,579 | 70 | +3 | #52 | Thousands |
"7 days" shows from Nov 7, 2026, when the first week of daily readings is complete. Paid bands are Substack's: it shows paid subscribers only as Thousands, Tens of thousands and so on.