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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 | The Culturist | The Culturist | ~379k | $620k – $1.1M / yr | Strong growth |
| 2 | Chartbook | Adam Tooze | ~184k | $500k – $940k / yr | Strong growth |
| 3 | The Martyr Made Substack | Darryl Cooper | ~197k | $480k – $900k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 4 | Predictive History Substack | Predictive History | ~117k | $360k – $680k / yr | Strong growth |
| 5 | Experimental History | Adam Mastroianni | ~102k | $240k – $440k / yr | Strong growth |
| 6 | Gray Mirror | Curtis Yarvin | ~73k | $200k – $380k / yr | Strong growth |
| 7 | The Humanity Archive | Jermaine Fowler | ~65k | $150k – $290k / yr | Strong growth |
| 8 | Niall Ferguson's Time Machine | Niall Ferguson | ~80k | $130k – $230k / yr | Strong growth |
| 9 | The Abrahamic Metacritique | Hussein Aboubakr Mansour | ~15k | $130k – $230k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 10 | History Can't Hide from Kahlil Greene | Kahlil Greene | ~63k | $98k – $180k / yr | Strong growth |
| 11 | Brown History | Brown History | ~89k | $98k – $180k / yr | Strong growth |
| 12 | My Life in the Past | Lucy Worsley | ~75k | $84k – $160k / yr | Strong growth |
| 13 | Footnotes by Jemar Tisby | Jemar Tisby, PhD | ~53k | $84k – $160k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 14 | The Roots of Progress | Jason Crawford | ~63k | $77k – $140k / yr | Strong growth |
| 15 | Clarity with Michael Oren | Michael Oren | ~24k | $77k – $140k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 16 | Sweary History with James Fell | James Fell | ~63k | $70k – $130k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 17 | Dead Language Society | Colin Gorrie | ~93k | $70k – $130k / yr | Strong growth |
| 18 | A History of Mankind | David Roman | ~60k | $64k – $130k / yr | Strong growth |
| 19 | Historical Snapshots | Historical Snapshots | ~44k | $59k – $120k / yr | Declining |
| 20 | The American Peasant | Christopher Schwarz | ~28k | $55k – $110k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 21 | The Conundrum Cluster | Conundrum Cluster | ~11k | $51k – $110k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 22 | Ancient Origins UNLEASHED | Ancient Origins UNLEASHED | ~201k | $49k – $100k / yr | Declining |
| 23 | Robertas Petrauskas | Robertas Petrauskas | ~15k | $47k – $97k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 24 | PREVAIL by Greg Olear | Greg Olear | ~41k | $44k – $92k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 25 | Noted | Jillian Hess | ~36k | $44k – $90k / yr | Mostly flat |
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