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Top Culture Substacks by Revenue
Public estimates for the highest-revenue culture newsletters on Substack. Figures are rounded ranges, not exact totals.
| # | Publication | Author | Subs | Est. revenue | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diabolical Lies | Katie Gatti Tassin | ~89k | $1.7M – $2.8M / yr | Strong growth |
| 2 | Vale Tutto - di Selvaggia Lucarelli | Selvaggia Lucarelli | ~240k | $1.1M – $1.8M / yr | Strong growth |
| 3 | The Fifth Column (A Podcast) | The Fifth Column | ~69k | $750k – $1.3M / yr | Mostly flat |
| 4 | ✿ shit you should care about ✿ | shit you should care about | ~707k | $620k – $1.1M / yr | Strong growth |
| 5 | Blocked and Reported | Jesse Singal | ~83k | $580k – $1.1M / yr | Strong growth |
| 6 | The Isolation Journals with Suleika Jaouad | Suleika Jaouad | ~231k | $500k – $920k / yr | Strong growth |
| 7 | The Quiet Life with Susan Cain | Susan Cain | ~269k | $490k – $910k / yr | Declining |
| 8 | House Inhabit | Jessica Reed Kraus | ~438k | $480k – $880k / yr | Declining |
| 9 | Happy Doggo | Niall Harbison | ~139k | $360k – $660k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 10 | Things That Don't Suck | Andrea Gibson | ~210k | $310k – $570k / yr | Strong growth |
| 11 | Dr Stacey Patton | Dr Stacey Patton | ~51k | $300k – $560k / yr | Strong growth |
| 12 | The Audacity. | Roxane Gay | ~187k | $270k – $490k / yr | Declining |
| 13 | Dean Blundell | Dean Blundell | ~84k | $240k – $460k / yr | Strong growth |
| 14 | Hung Up | Hunter Harris | ~189k | $210k – $390k / yr | Strong growth |
| 15 | internet princess | rayne fisher-quann | ~150k | $200k – $380k / yr | Strong growth |
| 16 | GOOD MOVIE | Shea Serrano | ~125k | $200k – $360k / yr | Declining |
| 17 | ⚜️ The Shallontourage ⚜️ | Shallon Lester | ~5.0k | $160k – $300k / yr | Strong growth |
| 18 | Outspoken with Dr Naomi Wolf | Dr Naomi Wolf | ~113k | $160k – $300k / yr | Declining |
| 19 | The Present Age | Parker Molloy | ~97k | $130k – $250k / yr | Declining |
| 20 | Alexandria | Richard Spencer | ~11k | $130k – $250k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 21 | After School by Casey Lewis | Casey Lewis | ~92k | $130k – $250k / yr | Strong growth |
| 22 | I Fucking Love Australia | I Fucking Love Australia | ~100k | $130k – $230k / yr | Strong growth |
| 23 | Steve Sailer | Steve Sailer | ~14k | $130k – $230k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 24 | Oldster Magazine | Sari Botton | ~86k | $120k – $220k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 25 | TRIGGERnometry | Triggernometry | ~85k | $120k – $220k / yr | Mostly flat |
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