Substack
Josh Appelbaum is new at 1 on the Substack board dated 2026-09-20T08:01:32.813075, displacing Dangerously Educated by Tayla Burrell which falls 1 to 6. VSiN columns this month byline Appelbaum on NFL betting splits. Two other names are new: Shield of the Republic at 7 and TriziaZu STORIES at 9.
Top trending newsletters on Substack: September 20
Josh Appelbaum: New at 1. VSiN published Appelbaum bylines on NFL betting splits dated September 10 and 14. No separate Substack manifesto dated September 20 was fetched. Snapshot 2026-09-20T08:01:32.813075.
Intentional Luxury Bish: Style newsletter. Climbs 3 to 2.
Vanessa's Stitch Club: Craft newsletter. Drops 2 to 3.
The Style Edit: Fashion newsletter. Holds 4.
The Install Edit: Design newsletter. Climbs 7 to 5.
Dangerously Educated by Tayla Burrell: Yesterday's rank 1. Drops to 6.
Shield of the Republic: National-security newsletter. New at 7.
Jake's Take: Drops 5 to 8.
TriziaZu STORIES: New at 9. No widely reported trigger identified for September 20 beyond the rank.
RiffPost: Drops 8 to 10.
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What changed on Substack since yesterday
- New: Josh Appelbaum (1), Shield of the Republic (7), TriziaZu STORIES (9).
- Movers: Intentional Luxury Bish 3 to 2; Vanessa's Stitch Club 2 to 3; The Install Edit 7 to 5; Dangerously Educated 1 to 6; Jake's Take 5 to 8; RiffPost 8 to 10.
- Unchanged rank: The Style Edit at 4.
- Dropped: Seedy19 (6), What Was I Thinking? with Jensen McRae (9), Jingles Labs (10).
What today's Substack newsletters reveal
Style-and-stitch titles still occupy 2 through 5, but the top slot flipped from an education newsletter to a sports-betting byline. That is a Sunday NFL-adjacent takeover, not a craft-board collapse.
Shield of the Republic at 7 is the only hard-news newsletter on the list. Dangerously Educated falling 1 to 6 is the day's largest drop. The Substack trending API snapshot at 2026-09-20T08:01:32.813075 replaced three names and reordered six more.
The Style Edit holding 4 is the only unchanged rank. Install Edit climbing 7 to 5 keeps design next to fashion. Jake's Take falling 5 to 8 and RiffPost falling 8 to 10 are two-rank drops. Seedy19, Jensen McRae, and Jingles Labs are the three names that left. Snapshot 2026-09-20T08:01:32.813075. Style newsletters still outnumber political ones 4 to 1 on this 10-row list after the 2026-09-20T08:01:32.813075 refresh. That 4-to-1 mix is the durable shape of this board.
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This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool. The same API is built for analysts, editors, and developers who need a dated board instead of a screenshot. get_growth was skipped because Substack rows are publication names, not keywords with a matching source. The matching data source page is Substack trending API.
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