Best Business newsletters to sponsor in 2026
Updated May 19, 2026 · Newsletter Insights
We track 1.5K active Business newsletters across Substack, Beehiiv, and Ghost. Of those, 146 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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Business newsletters with detected sponsor history (25)
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The Pragmatic Engineer
1.1M subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Claude
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The Neuron
700K subscribers · beehiiv
Recent advertisers: Dell AI Factory
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SemiAnalysis
270K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Cerebras seems
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Not Boring by Packy McCormick
265K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Motorola, MainStreet Bank, Reliance Jio Access
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Bay Area Times
250K subscribers · beehiiv
Recent advertisers: Universal Context
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Engineering Leadership
188K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Codacy, Depot, Postman
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Refactoring
173K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Unblocked, Product, CodeRabbit
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Ben's Bites
163K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Lightfield, Attio, HubSpotto
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The Peak
160K subscribers · beehiiv
Recent advertisers: FIDELITY, FOREST PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION, EQ BANKYour tax refund
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The VC Corner
157K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: HubSpot, Vanta, Attio
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insights4vc
145K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Ironclad, Marqeta, DriveWealth
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Newcomer
104K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: VANTACompliance, MongoDBAI agents, VantaOpen doors
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First 1000
90K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Alternative Assets
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Level Up Newsletter
86K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: ElevenLabs, Maven, Grace
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How We Grow
77K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Lettuce &, Picsart, Emma
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The Founders Corner®
64K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Tendem
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Department of Product
54K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Codex Chain, Softr
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The Works in Progress Newsletter
46K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Saloni Dattani
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Full Stack Researcher
42K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Attio
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Platforms, AI, and the Economics of BigTech
41K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: BigTechs
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Substack Writers at Work with Sarah Fay
37K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Resolute Square
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Not Another CEO
31K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Princess Cinemas, Scalebound
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as seen on
29K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Acorns, Chamberlain Coffee, Bilt
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Work3 - The Future of Work
29K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Glean
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Hardcore Software by Steven Sinofsky
29K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Burger King
Top Business newsletters by audience size (10)
Largest Business 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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Gates Notes
6.2M subscribers · linkedin
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Ask Richard
5.7M subscribers · linkedin
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HBR Management Tip of the Week
5.3M subscribers · linkedin
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Forbes Edge
4.5M subscribers · linkedin
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The Economist’s week ahead
3.3M subscribers · linkedin
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WSJ Careers & Leadership
3.2M subscribers · linkedin
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Business Insider Today
2.6M subscribers · linkedin
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Radically Remote
2.4M subscribers · linkedin
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Emotional Intelligence
2.4M subscribers · linkedin
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LinkedIn 360 l By GaryVee
2M subscribers · linkedin
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