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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7,649 writers

Substack writers
#	Writer	Followers	Recommended by	New, 30 d	Best rank	Paid
2001	Alex McFarland@alexmcfarland	18,865	51	+2	#90	100+ badge
2002	Matej LancaricBrutally Honest by Matej Lancaric	18,856	55	+2	#3	100+ badge
2003	The Value Road@thevalueroad	18,844	54	+1	#82	100+ badge
2004	Rodrigo CasarinPágina Cinco	18,803	55	0	Rising #34	100+ badge
2005	Nicolas ColinThe Arden Letter	18,792	51	+2	none	100+ badge
2006	ShiroShiro’s Alpha	18,786	54	0	Rising #73	none shown
2007	David SirotaSirota	18,772	?	0	Rising #89	100+ badge
2008	Peter TurchinCliodynamica by Peter Turchin	18,764	52	+1	#30	100+ badge
2009	CompositionCompositionally Inclined	18,743	39	+5	#12	100+ badge
2010	MayaMaiStoryBook	18,719	50	+2	#46	100+ badge
2011	BowTied Bum@bowtiedbum	18,711	54	0	#10	100+ badge
2012	Ali PewUniform	18,693	54	0	#93	100+ badge
2013	Justin Chisholm@justinchisholm	18,680	0	0	none	none shown
2014	Louise TilbrookEveryday Knitter	18,676	53	+3	none	100+ badge
2015	Andrew LownieThe Lownie Report	18,618	53	+1	#27	100+ badge
2016	Claire the Catholic FeministLetters from a Catholic Feminist	18,617	56	0	#45	100+ badge
2017	Andrew MethvenRealTime Mandarin	18,615	52	+1	#18	100+ badge
2018	Alessandro PalomboThe Ale's Letter	18,615	51	+1	#44	none shown
2019	Kel RakowskiPopular	18,609	54	+4	#57	100+ badge
2020	Javi Carnicero.Javi Carnicero	18,600	50	0	#50	100+ badge
2021	Camille Sojit PejchaPleasure-Seeking	18,596	?	0	Rising #45	100+ badge
2022	Dawn O'PorterThe O'Portal	18,596	21	0	#72	100+ badge
2023	Mandy HofmockelJournalism jobs and a photo of my dog	18,589	51	0	Rising #35	100+ badge
2024	Dr. Simone GoldThe Gold Report	18,575	47	+3	none	100+ badge
2025	Emily W. King, Ph.D.Learn with Dr. Emily®	18,566	57	0	#44	100+ badge
2026	M. V. CunhaM. V. Cunha's Substack	18,528	53	0	#40	Thousands
2027	Dr. Corinne Menn@drmennobgyn	18,515	43	+4	none	100+ badge
2028	DamnangDamnang Research	18,512	61	+10	#9	Thousands
2029	Tad Stoermer@tadstoermer	18,511	52	0	#36	Thousands
2030	Peter FrankopanGlobal Threads with Peter Frankopan	18,493	55	0	#87	100+ badge
2031	Natasha PoliszczukBook(ish)	18,491	59	+5	none	100+ badge
2032	Joakim Lamottejoakimlamotte.se	18,489	50	0	#51	Thousands
2033	D. Michele PerryThe Wonder Habit™ with D. Michele Perry	18,478	50	0	#38	100+ badge
2034	Tavi Costa@tavicosta	18,466	55	+3	#36	100+ badge
2035	Tamara KalinicMaterial Witness	18,457	36	+2	Rising #16	100+ badge
2036	Gabrielle JudgeMs. Anti Work	18,411	?	0	Rising #59	none shown
2037	Carson GriffithRich People Shit	18,400	47	+5	#42	Thousands
2038	Karolis Žukauskas@zalzakas	18,385	48	+2	#53	Thousands
2039	D.J. ByrnesThe Rooster	18,363	53	+4	Rising #48	Thousands
2040	Gamer MeldMeld Bytes	18,360	?	0	Rising #76	none shown
2041	Ben NollBenNollWeather	18,323	50	0	#28	100+ badge
2042	Marlien RentmeesterLe Catch’s Substack	18,316	57	+1	#90	100+ badge
2043	Jonathan Shedler, PhDJonathan Shedler	18,286	51	+5	#31	100+ badge
2044	Polly VernonBroad with Polly Vernon	18,284	57	+2	#56	Thousands
2045	Jane PrattAnother Jane Pratt Thing	18,274	?	0	Rising #24	100+ badge
2046	Dr Martha Deiros ColladoTalking Sense from Dr Martha Psychologist	18,271	17	0	#7	100+ badge
2047	The Soft CEO Club@thesoftceoclub	18,239	?	0	Rising #12	none shown
2048	Sam RinkoKnowledge Lust	18,236	51	+4	#81	100+ badge
2049	Todd KashdanProvoked with Dr. Todd Kashdan	18,236	53	+1	#72	100+ badge
2050	Ludovico BessiMachine Learning At Scale	18,200	?	0	Rising #64	none shown

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