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Top World Politics Substacks by Revenue
Public estimates for the highest-revenue world politics newsletters on Substack. Figures are rounded ranges, not exact totals.
| # | Publication | Author | Subs | Est. revenue | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thinking about... | Timothy Snyder | ~460k | $900k β $1.5M / yr | Strong growth |
| 2 | Glenn Greenwald | Glenn Greenwald | ~312k | $640k β $1.2M / yr | Mostly flat |
| 3 | Comment is Freed | Sam Freedman | ~91k | $430k β $790k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 4 | The Chris Hedges Report | Chris Hedges | ~202k | $420k β $780k / yr | Strong growth |
| 5 | Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum | Anne Applebaum | ~182k | $340k β $640k / yr | Strong growth |
| 6 | Lucid | Ruth Ben-Ghiat | ~211k | $230k β $430k / yr | Strong growth |
| 7 | Escalation Trap | Prof Robert Pape | ~41k | $200k β $360k / yr | Strong growth |
| 8 | Yascha Mounk | Yascha Mounk | ~118k | $180k β $340k / yr | Declining |
| 9 | How to Survive the Broligarchy | Carole Cadwalladr | ~123k | $180k β $340k / yr | Strong growth |
| 10 | Prof Robert Pape | Prof Robert Pape | ~34k | $170k β $310k / yr | Strong growth |
| 11 | Dominic Cummings substack | Dominic Cummings | ~73k | $150k β $290k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 12 | The KΔkΔ by Bernard Hickey | Bernard Hickey | ~27k | $150k β $270k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 13 | The Abbey of Misrule | Paul Kingsnorth | ~85k | $130k β $230k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 14 | Andrew Foxβs Substack | Andrew Fox | ~22k | $120k β $220k / yr | Strong growth |
| 15 | Edgerunner | Edgerunner | ~5.0k | $120k β $220k / yr | Strong growth |
| 16 | Simplicius's Garden of Knowledge | Simplicius | ~56k | $120k β $220k / yr | Mostly flat |
| 17 | Real Scott Ritter | Scott Ritter | ~74k | $120k β $220k / yr | Strong growth |
| 18 | Arnaud Bertrand | Arnaud Bertrand | ~35k | $110k β $210k / yr | Strong growth |
| 19 | War, Love, and Survival in Ukraine πΊπ¦ | Viktor Kravchuk | ~52k | $110k β $210k / yr | Not enough history |
| 20 | The Will Hayward Newsletter | Will Hayward | ~14k | $110k β $200k / yr | Mostly flat |
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