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Top History Substacks by Revenue
Public estimates for the highest-revenue history newsletters on Substack. Figures are rounded ranges, not exact totals.
| # | Publication | Author | Subs | Est. revenue | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chartbook | Adam Tooze | ~182k | $500k – $920k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 2 | Predictive History Substack | Predictive History | ~114k | $360k – $680k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 3 | Gray Mirror | Curtis Yarvin | ~73k | $200k – $380k / yr | Strong growth |
| 4 | The Abrahamic Metacritique | Hussein Aboubakr Mansour | ~15k | $130k – $230k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 5 | Niall Ferguson's Time Machine | Niall Ferguson | ~75k | $130k – $230k / yr | Strong growth |
| 6 | The Humanity Archive | Jermaine Fowler | ~45k | $110k – $200k / yr | Strong growth |
| 7 | History Can't Hide from Kahlil Greene | Kahlil Greene | ~60k | $98k – $180k / yr | Strong growth |
| 8 | Brown History | Brown History | ~85k | $91k – $170k / yr | Strong growth |
| 9 | Footnotes by Jemar Tisby | Jemar Tisby, PhD | ~53k | $84k – $160k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 10 | Sweary History with James Fell | James Fell | ~63k | $84k – $160k / yr | Declining |
| 11 | My Life in the Past | Lucy Worsley | ~65k | $77k – $140k / yr | Strong growth |
| 12 | Clarity with Michael Oren | Michael Oren | ~23k | $70k – $130k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 13 | A History of Mankind | David Roman | ~60k | $64k – $130k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 14 | Historical Snapshots | Historical Snapshots | ~45k | $59k – $120k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 15 | The American Peasant | Christopher Schwarz | ~28k | $55k – $110k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 16 | Robertas Petrauskas | Robertas Petrauskas | ~15k | $47k – $97k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 17 | PREVAIL by Greg Olear | Greg Olear | ~42k | $46k – $95k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 18 | Noted | Jillian Hess | ~35k | $44k – $90k / yr | Mostly flat |
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