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.
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| # | Writer | Followers | Recommended by | New, 30 d | Best rank | Paid | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Collapse Life@collapselife | 19,597 | 53 | +1 | #33 | 100+ badge | |
| 1952 | Ben TuminSkipped History | 19,593 | 52 | +1 | #98 | 100+ badge | |
| 1953 | The Habsburg Way@habsburgway | 19,554 | 60 | +3 | #44 | 100+ badge | |
| 1954 | Rafi SalazarBetter Outcomes: The Business of Humanizing Healthcare | 19,537 | 9 | +1 | none | none shown | |
| 1955 | Brooke WarnerWriterly Things with Brooke Warner | 19,530 | ? | 0 | Rising #39 | 100+ badge | |
| 1956 | DirtcheapstocksDirtcheapstocks Substack | 19,528 | 52 | +1 | #86 | 100+ badge | |
| 1957 | Alex KonradUpstarts Media | 19,513 | 55 | +2 | #34 | 100+ badge | |
| 1958 | Unicus ResearchThe Unicus Investor | 19,499 | 52 | +2 | #98 | 100+ badge | |
| 1959 | Zack AllenDetection Engineering Weekly | 19,476 | 51 | +1 | none | 100+ badge | |
| 1960 | Nicolas FairfordNotes from Nicolas | 19,464 | 50 | +1 | #43 | 100+ badge | |
| 1961 | Professor David ClementsThe Professor's Record with David Clements | 19,431 | 51 | +1 | #9 | Thousands | |
| 1962 | Brandon ThornTrench Warfare | 19,431 | 56 | +2 | #98 | 100+ badge | |
| 1963 | Andrew StetsenkoThe Global Move | 19,357 | 52 | +2 | #67 | 100+ badge | |
| 1964 | Neema ParviniThe Forbidden Texts | 19,356 | ? | 0 | Rising #53 | 100+ badge | |
| 1965 | Jérôme MarinCafétech | 19,353 | 50 | +1 | Rising #28 | 100+ badge | |
| 1966 | BowTied BiohackerBowTied Biohacking | 19,352 | 51 | +2 | #36 | Thousands | |
| 1967 | Matt BellNo Failure, Only Practice | 19,346 | 54 | +2 | #23 | 100+ badge | |
| 1968 | Asymmetrical Bets@asymmetricalbets | 19,310 | 39 | +3 | #60 | 100+ badge | |
| 1969 | Sami TamimiSami Tamimi - notes from my kitchen | 19,297 | ? | 0 | Rising #84 | 100+ badge | |
| 1970 | Chamber of Mothers@chamberofmothers | 19,284 | 21 | +1 | none | none shown | |
| 1971 | Demography Unplugged@demographyunplugged | 19,283 | 54 | 0 | #65 | 100+ badge | |
| 1972 | Jacob BartlettJacob’s Tech Tavern | 19,262 | 52 | 0 | #99 | 100+ badge | |
| 1973 | Dan ManganReality Shield | 19,256 | 51 | 0 | #51 | 100+ badge | |
| 1974 | Abi AwomosuHow Not To Use AI | 19,237 | 51 | +8 | none | 100+ badge | |
| 1975 | Presse Non StopLe Pavé numérique | 19,237 | 49 | +1 | #70 | Thousands | |
| 1976 | Paulo MotorynNoites Húngaras | 19,231 | 52 | +22 | Rising #10 | 100+ badge | |
| 1977 | The Earful Tower's newsletterThe Earful Tower | 19,230 | 53 | +1 | #50 | 100+ badge | |
| 1978 | The Timeless Traveler@timelesstrvlr | 19,224 | 46 | +4 | #95 | none shown | |
| 1979 | Chris PaulBe Reasonable: with Your Moderator, Chris Paul | 19,223 | 51 | +1 | #45 | 100+ badge | |
| 1980 | Ruth CrillyA Model Recommends | 19,218 | 42 | +1 | #36 | 100+ badge | |
| 1981 | Foreign Office by M.WeissForeign Office by Michael Weiss | 19,211 | 55 | +4 | #86 | 100+ badge | |
| 1982 | GabrielleThe Relisher | 19,207 | 50 | 0 | #18 | 100+ badge | |
| 1983 | Roy Zimmerman / Melanie HarbyA Mighty Little Song | 19,173 | 51 | +2 | #85 | none shown | |
| 1984 | Catherine LaceyUntitled Thought Project | 19,142 | 53 | +3 | #77 | 100+ badge | |
| 1985 | Amy StewartIt's Good to Be Here | 19,127 | 57 | +3 | #28 | 100+ badge | |
| 1986 | The Shadowed Archive@theshadowedarchive | 19,126 | 50 | +1 | none | 100+ badge | |
| 1987 | Rickie Lee JonesFish Sticks | 19,085 | 52 | +1 | #81 | 100+ badge | |
| 1988 | Juan Domínguez del CorralAd Aeternum (Español) | 19,061 | ? | 0 | Rising #32 | 100+ badge | |
| 1989 | Paul T Shattuck, MSW, PhDStay Human - Shape Tomorrow | 19,060 | 53 | +2 | none | 100+ badge | |
| 1990 | Emily Stimpson ChapmanThrough a Glass Darkly | 19,059 | 54 | +1 | #22 | Thousands | |
| 1991 | Julia DoubledayThe Gauntlet | 19,052 | 53 | 0 | #29 | 100+ badge | |
| 1992 | Hussein Aboubakr MansourThe Abrahamic Metacritique | 19,034 | 54 | +3 | #11 | Thousands | |
| 1993 | Didier HopeDeep Ecology | 19,012 | 54 | +1 | #43 | 100+ badge | |
| 1994 | Ella RisbridgerYou Get In Love And Then | 18,992 | 52 | +4 | #67 | Thousands | |
| 1995 | AI Engineering Insider@aiengineeringinsider | 18,972 | 53 | +25 | none | 100+ badge | |
| 1996 | Dan OutdoorsCalifornia Outdoors (Outdoor Wise Living) | 18,972 | 32 | +3 | #55 | 100+ badge | |
| 1997 | Jenn Romoliniextended scenes | 18,960 | 53 | +4 | #51 | 100+ badge | |
| 1998 | Delaney LundquistTremont Home | 18,950 | 41 | +2 | #9 | Thousands | |
| 1999 | Niall HarbisonHappy Doggo | 18,936 | 50 | +6 | #3 | none shown | |
| 2000 | Ann PettiforSystem Change | 18,931 | 49 | +2 | #67 | 100+ badge |
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