Categories/Literature
Top Literature Substacks by Revenue
Public estimates for the highest-revenue literature newsletters on Substack. Figures are rounded ranges, not exact totals.
| # | Publication | Author | Subs | Est. revenue | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From the Desk of Amy Suto: Make Writing Your Job | Amy Suto | ~65k | $900k – $1.5M / yr | Strong growth |
| 2 | Story Club with George Saunders | George Saunders | ~330k | $480k – $900k / yr | Strong growth |
| 3 | In the Writing Burrow | Margaret Atwood | ~189k | $270k – $490k / yr | Strong growth |
| 4 | Sub Club | Sub Club | ~88k | $190k – $350k / yr | Strong growth |
| 5 | Athenaeum Book Club | Athenaeum Book Club | ~63k | $180k – $340k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 6 | Two Sylvias Press' Weekly Muse | Two Sylvias Press | ~19k | $180k – $330k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 7 | Astro Poets | Astro Poets | ~85k | $150k – $270k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 8 | The Hyphen by Emma Gannon | Emma Gannon | ~83k | $130k – $250k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 9 | Gift Guide | Kaitlin Phillips | ~12k | $120k – $220k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 10 | Poetry Unbound | Poetry Unbound | ~133k | $110k – $210k / yr | Strong growth |
| 11 | Poetic Outlaws | Poetic Outlaws | ~89k | $110k – $210k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 12 | Miranda July | Miranda July | ~70k | $110k – $200k / yr | Strong growth |
| 13 | Footnotes and Tangents | Simon Haisell | ~46k | $98k – $180k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 14 | The Art of Enchantment, with Dr Sharon Blackie | Dr Sharon Blackie | ~60k | $91k – $170k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 15 | CRAFT TALK | Jami Attenberg | ~52k | $91k – $170k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 16 | Substack Writers at Work with Sarah Fay | Sarah Fay | ~37k | $84k – $160k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 17 | Narratively | Narratively | ~66k | $84k – $160k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 18 | Beauty is truth | James Lucas | ~79k | $77k – $140k / yr | Strong growth |
| 19 | David Whyte | David Whyte | ~45k | $77k – $140k / yr | Strong growth |
| 20 | Permanent Retrograde | Kelly Oxford | ~24k | $77k – $140k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 21 | The Forever Workshop | The Forever Workshop | ~67k | $77k – $140k / yr | Strong growth |
| 22 | Close Reads Podcast HQ | Goldberry Studios | ~9.0k | $70k – $130k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 23 | Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette | Jeannine Ouellette | ~21k | $64k – $130k / yr | Strong growth |
| 24 | The Villager | Tom Cox | ~36k | $63k – $130k / yr | Strong growth |
| 25 | Andrius Tapinas | Andrius Tapinas | ~36k | $61k – $130k / yr | Mostly flat |
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