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Who is actually growing in finance publishing. This tracks 839 newsletter on Substack’s public finance leaderboards plus 7 on beehiiv and self-hosted platforms, snapshots them every night, and compares this week against last.

Biggest climbers this week

Largest gain in leaderboard position over 7 days

  1. 1Markus' Academy#511 → #187+324
  2. 2Pippa's Pen & Podcast#352 → #137+215
  3. 3Value & Momentum Portfolio#499 → #334+165
  4. 4Mindful Money#512 → #400+112
  5. 5Polymath Investor#167 → #90+77
  6. 6Wicked Title Forum#368 → #297+71
  7. 7ETF Investments#498 → #427+71
  8. 8Hidden Gems Investing#401 → #331+70
  9. 9Next Financial#308 → #239+69
  10. 10A Causal Affair#418 → #351+67

Biggest fallers this week

Largest drop in leaderboard position over 7 days

  1. 1Kakashii's Materials#206 → #328−122
  2. 2Damped Spring 101#313 → #428−115
  3. 3Damiano Dotto#366 → #470−104
  4. 4InvestorClub#414 → #489−75
  5. 5The Funded Edge#304 → #376−72
  6. 6Dynamic Wealth Report#331 → #403−72
  7. 7Misadventures in Shipping#376 → #441−65
  8. 8Becoming Berkshire#289 → #350−61
  9. 9Tom Talks Taxes#372 → #432−60
  10. 10Mining Stocks Today#450 → #509−59

Subscriber gains

Substack rounds these counts, so only moves of 1,000+ are shown

  1. 1Postcards From the Edge of the World34K subscribers+12K
  2. 2Solar Kitties | Energy & Longevity91K subscribers+11K
  3. 3The Insider Buying Report13K subscribers+9.0K
  4. 4Me and the Money Printer32K subscribers+7.0K
  5. 5Money Tips Money Hacks241K subscribers+6.0K
  6. 6SocialReCap - The Newsletter276K subscribers+4.0K
  7. 7MaxDividends213K subscribers+4.0K
  8. 8The 5-Minute Finance130K subscribers+4.0K
  9. 9The Daily Brief by Zerodha172K subscribers+3.0K
  10. 10Hot Girls Save Money90K subscribers+3.0K

Just crossed a paid tier

Moved up a paid-subscriber bracket or earned a bestseller badge

  1. 1The Finance Newsletterno paid tier → 1,000+ paidBestseller 1k
  2. 2The Noble Update100+ paid → 100+ paidBestseller 1k
  3. 3Pod Street Week100+ paid → 100+ paidBestseller 1k
  4. 4Known Unknowns10+ paid → 100+ paidBestseller 100
  5. 5Fairlight Research10+ paid → 100+ paidBestseller 100
  6. 6The Tri Polar World10+ paid → 100+ paidBestseller 100
  7. 7STR Daily Dealno paid tier → 10+ paid10+ paid
  8. 8Adiós a tu Jefeno paid tier → 10+ paid10+ paid
  9. 9Stochastic Volatility Trader - Quant Insightsno paid tier → —Bestseller 100

New to the top 100

Entered the top 100 in the last 7 days

  1. 1Polymath Investorwas #167#90
  2. 2PETITIONwas #110#92
  3. 3The Flying Frisbywas #113#100

Dropped out of the top 100

  1. 1Jordi Visser Macro-AI-Crypto Substacknow #133was #93
  2. 2Yet Another Value Blognow #103was #98
  3. 3Short Excerpts from Global Macro Investornow #101was #100

Follower gains

Follower counts are exact, unlike subscriber counts

  1. 1The Capitalist1.7M followers+11K
  2. 2Solar Kitties | Energy & Longevity91K followers+10K
  3. 3The Insider Buying Report14K followers+9.1K
  4. 4Money Tips Money Hacks275K followers+7.1K
  5. 5Principled Perspectives218K followers+5.0K
  6. 6The 5-Minute Finance132K followers+4.6K
  7. 7MaxDividends239K followers+4.1K
  8. 8SocialReCap - The Newsletter277K followers+4.0K
  9. 9Cassandra Unchained393K followers+3.1K
  10. 10The Daily Brief by Zerodha213K followers+3.0K

Hottest posts this week

Ranked by reactions plus twice restacks — hover a title for the full post

  1. 1Going With the FlowDoomberg · Sep 29, 2026770
  2. 2The Disastrous Disability Signal in the UK that Corroborates the US Data!Ed Dowd: Beyond the Narrative · Sep 29, 2026502
  3. 3LIONS ALERT! ITS WAY WORSE THAN WE EVEN KNOW. (COMPANIES, BUSINESSES, CORPORATIONS, ARE PREPARING FOR SHORTAGES, SCARCITIES, AND HIGHER PRICES). MannarinoGregory’s Newsletter · Sep 25, 2026399
  4. 4SITUATION CRITICAL! A “TRIPLE THREAT” OF STACKED PRESSURE POINTS ARE CONVERGING RIGHT NOW IN REAL TIME. MannarinoGregory’s Newsletter · Sep 28, 2026397
  5. 5The Easy Money Fairy Tale Is About To End ViolentlyQTR’s Fringe Finance · Sep 27, 2026382
  6. 6THIS IS A WARNING... ITS GOING GLOBAL. (BE READY FOR THIS THING TO CRACK WIDE OPEN). MannarinoGregory’s Newsletter · Sep 29, 2026373
  7. 7LIONS... THE ENTIRE YIELD CURVE IS NOW FLASHING WARNING AFTER REPEATED WARNING AND SOON... (EVERYONE WILL BE RUNNING FOR THE DOOR...) MannarinoGregory’s Newsletter · Sep 28, 2026359
  8. 8THE U.S. ECONOMY IS IN FREEFALL WITH NO END IN SIGHT. (AS FOR THE MARKETS...) SOMETHING IS GOING TO BREAK WIDE OPEN. (AND IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY MOMENT). MannarinoGregory’s Newsletter · Sep 29, 2026346
  9. 9THE U.S. HYPER-DEBT DEATH SPIRAL IS ACCELERATING... (AND AS A RESULT... “MONEY” IS DYING FASTER). MannarinoGregory’s Newsletter · Sep 27, 2026333
  10. 10It’s Official: The AI Emperor Has No ClothesQTR’s Fringe Finance · Sep 29, 2026327
  11. 11I Spent Years Reading Signals for Four-Star Generals. One of the Best I Ever Found Was Pizza Deliveries Near the Pentagon.Capital Mischief · Sep 25, 2026324

Most followed writers

Exact follower counts from public Substack profiles

  1. 1The CapitalistMatthew Miller1.7M
  2. 2Eltoro Market InsightsHarry Colt1.0M
  3. 3Compounding QualityCompounding Quality592K
  4. 4De KwaliteitsbeleggerCompounding Quality592K
  5. 5Analyzing Good BusinessesCompounding Quality592K
  6. 6DoombergDoomberg483K
  7. 7Cassandra UnchainedMichael Burry393K
  8. 8How They Make MoneyApp Economy Insights360K
  9. 9Stephen Leeb, PhD > Turbulent Times Investor NewsStephen Leeb, PhD349K
  10. 10Belanger TradingJosh Belanger325K

Newest launches on the board

Started in the last 120 days and already ranking

  1. 1Seaside Success Storylaunched Aug 24, 2026 · 66K subscribers#22
  2. 2Earn on Your Termslaunched Sep 5, 2026 · 41K subscribers#162
  3. 3Ashish H Kyal, CMT, Authorlaunched Jun 15, 2026 · 11K subscribers#171
  4. 4Nonmateriallaunched Aug 1, 2026 · 15K subscribers#269
  5. 5Renlaunched Jun 7, 2026 · 7.0K subscribers#310
  6. 6NRI Personal Financelaunched Aug 4, 2026 · 10K subscribers#313
  7. 7Power Hour Futures by TradeOutLoudlaunched Jun 15, 2026 · 3.0K subscribers#359
  8. 8The Funded Edgelaunched Jun 17, 2026 · 16K subscribers#376
  9. 9Suiman's Insightslaunched Jun 23, 2026 · 14K subscribers#382
  10. 10Ekonomiguidenlaunched Aug 11, 2026 · 11K subscribers#404

Most recommended on beehiiv

Organic recommendations only, paid boosts excluded

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  8. 8Web3 Investor Briefing by w3.groupdiscovered via recommendations1×
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Gone quiet

No new post in 21 days or more

  1. 1ETF UNOlast post 24 days ago24d
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Tickers newsletters are talking about

Extracted from post titles in the last 7 days

  1. 1NVDA6 posts5 newsletters
  2. 2AMZN5 posts5 newsletters
  3. 3AMD6 posts4 newsletters
  4. 4AKAM3 posts3 newsletters
  5. 5COST2 posts2 newsletters
  6. 6NBIS2 posts2 newsletters
  7. 7META2 posts2 newsletters
  8. 8CRWV2 posts2 newsletters
  9. 9MDB2 posts2 newsletters
  10. 10GOOG2 posts2 newsletters
  11. 11MSFT2 posts2 newsletters
  12. 12ORCL2 posts2 newsletters
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Data: Substack public leaderboards and publication archives, refreshed nightly, plus public beehiiv sitemaps and recommendation pages, refreshed weekly. Subscriber counts are Substack’s own rounded public figures, so week-on-week changes move in steps. beehiiv audience sizes are self-reported by the publisher and are not verified. Last snapshot: Oct 1, 2026.

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