Best Science newsletters to sponsor in 2026
Updated May 19, 2026 · Newsletter Insights
We track 283 active Science newsletters across Substack, Beehiiv, and Ghost. Of those, 12 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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Science newsletters with detected sponsor history (12)
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The Intrinsic Perspective
70K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Prophetic
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Everything Is Amazing
31K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: National Geographic
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Core Memory
30K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Brex
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The Chip Letter
25K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: TPUSA Faith
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Infinitely More
10K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Hamilton
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The SciCommer
5K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: Schmidt Sciences
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Zero Retries
3.5K subscribers · ghost
Recent advertisers: OpenWRT, Dire Wolf
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TerraWatch Space Newsletter
3K subscribers · ghost
Recent advertisers: Petrobras
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The Cognitive Revolution
3K subscribers · ghost
Recent advertisers: Criteo
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jatan.space 🌙
2K subscribers · ghost
Recent advertisers: Astrolab, Lunar Outpost
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Particle Network
2K subscribers · ghost
Recent advertisers: Universal Accounts
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SciLight
2K subscribers · substack
Recent advertisers: NOAA, Big Meat, CHIPS
Top Science newsletters by audience size (10)
Largest Science 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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Aether Pirates of the Matterium!
97K subscribers · substack
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By the Numbers
72K subscribers · substack
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Humanity United Now - Ana Maria Mihalcea, MD, PhD
71K subscribers · substack
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Hidden Brain
66K subscribers · substack
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Starts With A Bang
62K subscribers · substack
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The Science of Better
60K subscribers · substack
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The Roots of Progress
58K subscribers · substack
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Unsettled Science
53K subscribers · substack
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Singal-Minded
48K subscribers · substack
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The Poetry of Reality with Richard Dawkins
47K subscribers · substack
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