Best AI newsletters to sponsor in 2026
Updated May 19, 2026 · Newsletter Insights
We track 633 active AI newsletters across Substack, Beehiiv, and Ghost. Of those, 61 have detected sponsor history — they've run paid sponsorships from real advertisers in the past 12 months. The list below is the top 25 by current subscriber count.
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AI newsletters with detected sponsor history (25)
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The Rundown AI
2M subscribers · beehiiv
Recent advertisers: NEXTSENSE SMARTBUDS, ASAPP, TELY AI
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Superhuman AI
1.5M subscribers · beehiiv
Recent advertisers: Viktor, GITLAB, NEBIUSRun open
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Behind the Craft
148K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Amplitude, Vanta, Merge
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Import AI
126K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Llama 2
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SeattleDataGuy’s Newsletter
114K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Greybeam, Amazon Web Services, Databricks
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AI Valley
100K subscribers · beehiiv
Recent advertisers: RUNPOD, LAYERS, Viktor
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The AI Break
99K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Smart Brevity, Llama 3 70B
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The AI Pixel
71K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Smart Brevity, Gen AI, Cond
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Deep (Learning) Focus
68K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Rebuy
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Data Science Weekly Newsletter
68K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Shree Nayar, DuckDB WASM
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The Gradient
61K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Google DeepMind hits right, Cerebras seems
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AI Agents Simplified
58K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: HubSpotAI, HubSpot, Tabsy
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Simon Willison’s Newsletter
58K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Augment Code
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Decoding AI Magazine
39K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Opik, Cometeer, Hopsworks
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The Prompt: Insights from OpenAI Global Affairs
31K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Doordash
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ChinAI Newsletter
30K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Kantar
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Gradient Ascent
27K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Rebuy
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The AI Creator Drop
23K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Runway
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What's brewing in AI
20K subscribers · beehiiv
Recent advertisers: Granola
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Hungry Minds
20K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Arizona State University
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Slow AI
13K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Matiks
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Bentham's Newsletter
10K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Abby
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TechTalks
10K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Edge Impulse
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The Kaitchup – AI on a Budget
10K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Rebuy
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Chipstrat
9K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: ROCm, Groq
Top AI newsletters by audience size (10)
Largest AI newsletters in the index that haven't run paid sponsorships in our coverage window. Still worth pitching — they have the audience.
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How to AI
631K subscribers · substack
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One Useful Thing
436K subscribers · substack
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Almost Timely Newsletter
296K subscribers · substack
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AI First Designer
214K subscribers · substack
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AI Supremacy
213K subscribers · substack
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Sabrina Ramonov 🍄
213K subscribers · substack
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Marily’s AI Product Academy Newsletter
209K subscribers · substack
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Mindstream
200K subscribers · beehiiv
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Artificial Intelligence Made Simple
195K subscribers · substack
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Ahead of AI
189K subscribers · substack
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