The Daily Brief by Zerodha
A daily newsletter that dives into the biggest stories happening in the Indian markets and the global business landscape.
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What they write about
A daily explainer on the biggest stories in Indian markets and the global economy, published by the brokerage Zerodha. Recurring subjects include energy and EV policy, banking and lending, consumer and restaurant businesses, commodities, and corporate governance. Also runs a weekly roundup of shorter items.
- indian markets
- economic policy
- energy transition
- banking
- commodities
- daily explainer
Recent examples: Did 50 crore Indians really escape poverty? · The not-so-fine legal print of Indian real estate
Written from The Daily Brief by Zerodha’s own published post titles and openings in Sep 11, 2026. It describes the subjects the newsletter covers, not its views, and is not investment advice.
Growth history
Subscribers (thousands, nightly)
163K on Sep 10, 2026 → 178K on Oct 21, 2026
Followers (thousands, nightly)
Rank in Substack’s finance leaderboard: #18 today · #17 a week ago · #18 a month ago
Stats worth sharing
Tracked since Sep 10, 2026 — 63 daily snapshots so far. The card below is built from what we track and refreshes nightly.
- Percentile
- Top 4%
- Best rank seen
- #14
- Rank, 7 days
- −1 place
- Followers added
- +25K
- Posts
- 19
- Reactions per post
- 53
- Reactions tracked
- 3.1K
- Tickers covered
- 2
of 525 ranked finance newsletters
on Sep 16, 2026
since tracking began
last 30 days
average, recent posts
across 58 posts
in tracked posts
Most-reacted post we have seen: Weekly Tidbits #2 — 97 reactions on Aug 29, 2026.
Recent posts
- Did 50 crore Indians really escape poverty?
Our goal with The Daily Brief is to simplify the biggest stories in the Indian markets and help you understand what they mean. We won’t just tell you what happened; we’ll tell you why and how too. We do this show in both formats: video and audio. This piece curates the stories that we talk about. You can listen to the podcast on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or wherever you get your podcasts and watch the videos on YouTube. You can also watch The Daily Brief in Hindi . In today’s edition of The Daily Brief: 1. Did 50 crore Indians really escape poverty? The World Bank reported that extreme…
- The not-so-fine legal print of Indian real estate
Our goal with The Daily Brief is to simplify the biggest stories in the Indian markets and help you understand what they mean. We won’t just tell you what happened; we’ll tell you why and how too. We do this show in both formats: video and audio. This piece curates the stories that we talk about. You can listen to the podcast on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or wherever you get your podcasts and watch the videos on YouTube. You can also watch The Daily Brief in Hindi . In today’s edition of The Daily Brief: 1. The not-so-fine legal print of Indian real estate Under new rules from the IBBI, every…
- Claude, go public, make no mistakes!
Our goal with The Daily Brief is to simplify the biggest stories in the Indian markets and help you understand what they mean. We won’t just tell you what happened; we’ll tell you why and how too. We do this show in both formats: video and audio. This piece curates the stories that we talk about. You can listen to the podcast on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or wherever you get your podcasts and watch the videos on YouTube. You can also watch The Daily Brief in Hindi . In today’s edition of The Daily Brief: 1. Claude, go public, make no mistakes! Anthropic filed its prospectus for a record IPO…
- The world’s oil has a burning desire
Our goal with The Daily Brief is to simplify the biggest stories in the Indian markets and help you understand what they mean. We won’t just tell you what happened; we’ll tell you why and how too. We do this show in both formats: video and audio. This piece curates the stories that we talk about. You can listen to the podcast on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or wherever you get your podcasts and watch the videos on YouTube. You can also watch The Daily Brief in Hindi . In today’s edition of The Daily Brief: 1. The world’s oil has a burning desire Global oil is hovering near $116 a barrel, but…
- Weekly Tidbits #11
Hi everyone, I’m Mridula , and welcome to the eleventh edition of Weekly Tidbits. We spend a lot of time reading interesting stories that never make it into a full Daily Brief piece. So, once a week, we pick some of the best ones and add a little context. We sort them into GEIC: Global, Economy, Industry and Company. Let’s get started! If you prefer watching the video, here’s the link: G — Global [1] Bayer wins a major cancer lawsuit in America German drugmaker Bayer has won a US trial over its weedkiller, Roundup. On October 29, a jury ruled against three women who said the product had…
- The uncertain fates of India’s inter-state migration
Our goal with The Daily Brief is to simplify the biggest stories in the Indian markets and help you understand what they mean. We won’t just tell you what happened; we’ll tell you why and how too. We do this show in both formats: video and audio. This piece curates the stories that we talk about. You can listen to the podcast on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or wherever you get your podcasts and watch the videos on YouTube. You can also watch The Daily Brief in Hindi . In today’s edition of The Daily Brief: 1. The uncertain fates of India’s inter-state migration Widening regional income…
- FDI in India: easy come, easy go?
Our goal with The Daily Brief is to simplify the biggest stories in the Indian markets and help you understand what they mean. We won’t just tell you what happened; we’ll tell you why and how too. We do this show in both formats: video and audio. This piece curates the stories that we talk about. You can listen to the podcast on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or wherever you get your podcasts and watch the videos on YouTube. You can also watch The Daily Brief in Hindi . In today’s edition of The Daily Brief: 1. FDI in India: easy come, easy go? Net foreign direct investment into India reached a…
- What’s going on in Indian cybersecurity?
Our goal with The Daily Brief is to simplify the biggest stories in the Indian markets and help you understand what they mean. We won’t just tell you what happened; we’ll tell you why and how too. We do this show in both formats: video and audio. This piece curates the stories that we talk about. You can listen to the podcast on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or wherever you get your podcasts and watch the videos on YouTube. You can also watch The Daily Brief in Hindi . In today’s edition of The Daily Brief: 1. What’s going on in Indian cybersecurity? Between AI uncovering flaws in web-standard…
- The $133 billion deposits that made India's banks look less profitable
Our goal with The Daily Brief is to simplify the biggest stories in the Indian markets and help you understand what they mean. We won’t just tell you what happened; we’ll tell you why and how too. We do this show in both formats: video and audio. This piece curates the stories that we talk about. You can listen to the podcast on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or wherever you get your podcasts and watch the videos on YouTube. You can also watch The Daily Brief in Hindi . In today’s edition of The Daily Brief: 1. The $133 billion deposits that made India’s banks look less profitable A special RBI…
- Do government incentives to produce babies work?
Our goal with The Daily Brief is to simplify the biggest stories in the Indian markets and help you understand what they mean. We won’t just tell you what happened; we’ll tell you why and how too. We do this show in both formats: video and audio. This piece curates the stories that we talk about. You can listen to the podcast on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or wherever you get your podcasts and watch the videos on YouTube. You can also watch The Daily Brief in Hindi . In today’s edition of The Daily Brief: 1. Do government incentives to produce babies work? With global fertility rates falling…
- Weekly Tidbits #10
Hi everyone, I’m Mridula , and welcome to the tenth edition of Weekly Tidbits. We spend a lot of time reading interesting stories that never make it into a full Daily Brief piece. So, once a week, we pick some of the best ones and add a little context. We sort them into GEIC: Global, Economy, Industry and Company. Let’s get started! If you prefer watching the video, here’s the link: G — Global [1] France is paying more to borrow money France’s 10-year government bond yield crossed 5% on October 21. That’s its highest level since 2002. Investors are worried about France’s growing debt and its…
- India’s AI boom runs through a strand of glass
Our goal with The Daily Brief is to simplify the biggest stories in the Indian markets and help you understand what they mean. We won’t just tell you what happened; we’ll tell you why and how too. We do this show in both formats: video and audio. This piece curates the stories that we talk about. You can listen to the podcast on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or wherever you get your podcasts and watch the videos on YouTube. You can also watch The Daily Brief in Hindi . Just a quick heads-up before we dive in. The Jio Platforms IPO opened yesterday. We wrote about it then, and you can read the…
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