Best Media newsletters to sponsor in 2026
Updated July 16, 2026 · Newsletter Insights
We track 849 active Media newsletters across Substack, Beehiiv, and Ghost. Of those, 199 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.
For each newsletter, you can see recent advertisers (linked to a full sponsor history) and click through to the newsletter's detail page for audience metrics, pricing, and growth trends.
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Media newsletters with detected sponsor history (25)
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Popular Information
539K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Kalshi prediction market, John McCain, Kingdom Airlines
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Seymour Hersh
238K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: NYU School
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Public
207K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Soros
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The Coffman Chronicle
108K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Public Citizen Litigation Group, Democracy Forward, Tehran would
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Dwarkesh Podcast
87K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Suno, Scalebound, Mercury
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Dean Blundell
71K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Brendan Ballou, Magalu, Ottawa
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The Fucking News
68K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: BP, Vance
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Read Max
63K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Proxyempire, Coca, Defector
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PRB+ Magazine
60K subscribers · ghost
Recent advertisers: Summa Health
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AI with Kyle
50K subscribers · beehiiv
Recent advertisers: ContentRadar
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The New York Review of Books
39K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Lewis Carroll, Dry Leaf
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The Entertainment Strategy Guy
28K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Penelope
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404 Media
15K subscribers · ghost
Recent advertisers: Google said his account
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The Dispatch
15K subscribers · ghost
Recent advertisers: Labour, West Midlands Police, Bearded Theory
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The Handbasket
10K subscribers · beehiiv
Recent advertisers: United Airlines
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From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy
7K subscribers · beehiiv
Recent advertisers: HoneyBook
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Honeysuckle Magazine
5K subscribers · ghost
Recent advertisers: Gin & Juice, Kahlo, Airo Brands
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The Ferret
4K subscribers · ghost
Recent advertisers: Guantanamo firm linked, Young Voices, Deaf Action
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The Phillip Island and San Remo Advertiser
4K subscribers · ghost
Recent advertisers: Totally Renewable Phillip Island, Barry Plant Real Estate
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New Glarus 360
4K subscribers · ghost
Recent advertisers: New Glarus Area EMS, Rusty Raven, New Glarus Cares
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The Buloke Times
4K subscribers · ghost
Recent advertisers: Simone Christie
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Felix
3K subscribers · ghost
Recent advertisers: Dutch jeweller Pandora
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Sherwood Sun
3K subscribers · ghost
Recent advertisers: Langer, City Manager Adolfo Bailon
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Newham Citizen
3K subscribers · ghost
Recent advertisers: Sovereign Residential Housing
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Organ Mountain News
3K subscribers · ghost
Recent advertisers: Luj
Top Media newsletters by audience size (10)
Largest Media 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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Steady
540K subscribers · substack
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Racket News
447K subscribers · substack
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Big Think
428K subscribers · substack
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Raw America
259K subscribers · substack
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The Economist: Off the Charts
200K subscribers · substack
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News Not Noise
186K subscribers · substack
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Under the Desk News
177K subscribers · substack
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Katie Couric
164K subscribers · substack
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FactsHQ
137K subscribers · substack
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The official Ryan McBeth Substack
129K subscribers · substack
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