Best Politics newsletters to sponsor in 2026
Updated May 19, 2026 · Newsletter Insights
We track 1.3K active Politics newsletters across Substack, Beehiiv, and Ghost. Of those, 100 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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Politics newsletters with detected sponsor history (25)
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Letters from an American
2.9M subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: African countries, MAGA Republican representative Marjo
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Robert Reich
1.1M subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Americans United
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The Bulwark
1M subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: MARs, Europe
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Meidas+
910K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Democrat Lloyd Doggett, Qatari Diar, Status Coup
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Zeteo
667K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: AIPAC, USAID, Ground News
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State of the Day
510K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Flock
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Olivia of Troye
360K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Neon
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The Preamble
337K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: ProPublica
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Silver Bulletin
311K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: NBC News
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Ryan Grim
296K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: AIPAC, Clay, CREDO
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Public Notice
275K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Bari Weiss
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Our Moral Moment w/ Bishop William Barber & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
243K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Lambda School
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Welcome to Joy's House!
212K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Rolling Stone
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The Chris Hedges Report
200K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: WikiLeaks, Hearst MagazinesNEW YORK
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The Big Picture
200K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Magalu, MAGA Republican representative Marjo, Harris
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Salty Politics with Julie Roginsky
186K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: AggregateIQ, Oliver Stone
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Chartbook
181K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Shin, Stalin against
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The Warning with Steve Schmidt
178K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: MBS, Benjamin Franklin
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BIG by Matt Stoller
174K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Amazon exports, Kakao, Jefferson
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The Hartmann Report
170K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Oath or affirmation, Christians, Prudential
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Minocqua Brewing Company Times
168K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Snowflakes
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Chop Wood, Carry Water
156K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Flock Safety, Catalist
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Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid
145K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Change Research
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The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak
143K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Incogni
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Heather Delaney Reese
101K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Black members
Top Politics newsletters by audience size (10)
Largest Politics 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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Quick Update
2M subscribers · substack
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Endless Urgency with Mike Nellis
2M subscribers · substack
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Pete Buttigieg's Substack
920K subscribers · substack
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Drop Site News
737K subscribers · substack
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Brian Tyler Cohen
633K subscribers · substack
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The Borowitz Report
621K subscribers · substack
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Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
610K subscribers · substack
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Adam Kinzinger
454K subscribers · substack
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Thinking about...
450K subscribers · substack
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Beyond the Whiteboard
435K subscribers · substack
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