Top Substack newsletters today: Oct 25, 2026

The Lowe Post leads Substack for October 25, 2026, snapshot 08:01:37.424873, up 1 from rank 2 on October 21. AFTER REVIEW, the October 21 leader, falls 1 to 4. Being & Becoming is a new 3. Five of 10 names are new. Trouble Fait, Hussain Makke, Greg Cote's Substack, Michael Lombardi, and Marie von Behrens-Felipe drop off. The Babylon Bee climbs 4 to 2. Generating call used type Substack and limit 10.

The Lowe Post
NBA newsletter at rank 1, up 1 from 2. Zach Lowe's board, a holdover from October 21.
The Babylon Bee
Satire newsletter at rank 2, up 2 from 4. Same October 21 name, higher slot.
Being & Becoming
New newsletter at rank 3. No widely reported launch note was fetched for October 25 beyond the Substack rank.
AFTER REVIEW
NBA newsletter at rank 4, down 3 from 1. October 21 file dated Shea Serrano's launch to October 19. See the Substack trending API page.
Man in Cybersecurity
New security newsletter at rank 5. Display keeps the API title.
Always On with Marina Hyde
Column at rank 6, unchanged versus October 21 rank 5 after the new entries shuffled the middle.
The Anti-Inflammatory Club
Health newsletter at rank 7, down 1 from 6 on a shifted board. October 21 had it at 7 after a 10-to-4 climb the day before.
Poll Vault
New politics newsletter at rank 8. No extra subscriber print was fetched beyond the rank.
Textile Archaeology
New history newsletter at rank 9. Substack listed 9.1K-plus subscribers on the profile page. Recent posts include a February 15, 2026 paid essay on spinning.
songs of a rainbird
New literary newsletter at rank 10. Limit 10. Snapshot type is Substack. Clock 08:01:37.424873.

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What changed on Substack since yesterday

New versus October 21: Being & Becoming at 3, Man in Cybersecurity at 5, Poll Vault at 8, Textile Archaeology at 9, songs of a rainbird at 10. Drop-off: Trouble Fait, Hussain Makke, Greg Cote's Substack, Michael Lombardi, Marie von Behrens-Felipe. Lowe Post 2 to 1. AFTER REVIEW 1 to 4. Babylon Bee 4 to 2. Marina Hyde 5 to 6. Anti-Inflammatory Club 7 to 7 after the middle reshuffle. Clock 08:01:46.633513 on October 21 to 08:01:37.424873 on October 25.

What today's Substack newsletters reveal

The Substack ten is an NBA swap at 1 and 4, satire at 2, then five new titles around Hyde and the Anti-Inflammatory Club. Five names entered. No 5-rank mover. Generating call limit is 10. Textile Archaeology's 9.1K-plus subscriber tag is the only extra count fetched. Microseconds 424873 mark this capture.