Substack
The Neter holds rank 1 on Substack on September 3, 2026, a second day at the top. Rank 2 is new: イケハヤラジオ＆コラム, a Japanese radio-and-column newsletter. Inside Wolves with Liam Keen and Nathan Judah holds 3. Shield of the Republic slips 2 to 4. Elsabratt, which sat at 4 yesterday, falls six ranks to 10. Versus the September 2 Substack board, Jake's Take, Kelly Brown THE EDIT, aesteticasovietica, The Style Edit, Callie Coles, and Conway's Case Notes drop off. A Substack Trending API snapshot at 06:01 UTC listed 10 newsletters. Elsabratt's 4 to 10 move is the only 5-rank-plus swing among holds.
Top trending newsletters on Substack: September 3
The Neter: Holds 1. No widely reported off-platform scoop identified for September 3; rank persistence is the why.
イケハヤラジオ＆コラム: Japanese audio-and-column stack. New at 2. No English-language press trigger identified for September 3.
Inside Wolves with Liam Keen and Nathan Judah: Wolverhampton Wanderers coverage. Holds 3.
Shield of the Republic: Foreign-policy newsletter. Slips from 2.
Vanessa's Stitch Club: Craft newsletter. New at 5.
Aimee Song: Fashion-creator newsletter. New at 6. No widely reported launch note identified for September 3.
Ephemera for Time Travel: New at 7. No widely reported trigger identified for September 3.
Culpium, by Tim Culpan: New at 8. No widely reported trigger identified for September 3.
Noites Hungaras: New at 9. Display spelling avoids the accented character that can trip parsers. No widely reported trigger identified for September 3.
Elsabratt: Slips from 4 to 10.
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What changed on Substack since yesterday
| Change | Newsletter | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| New | Japanese radio column | Rank 2 |
| New | Vanessa's Stitch Club | Rank 5 |
| New | Aimee Song | Rank 6 |
| New | Ephemera for Time Travel | Rank 7 |
| New | Culpium, by Tim Culpan | Rank 8 |
| New | Noites Hungaras | Rank 9 |
| Big mover | Elsabratt | 4 to 10 (-6) |
| Drop-off | Jake's Take | Was 5 |
| Drop-off | Kelly Brown THE EDIT | Was 6 |
| Drop-off | Style stack (aesteticasovietica, The Style Edit, Callie Coles) | Were 7-9 |
| Drop-off | Conway's Case Notes | Was 10 |
The Neter holds 1. Inside Wolves holds 3. Shield of the Republic 2 to 4. Six of 10 titles are new (60 percent). Four names persist (40 percent). The 06:01:29 UTC stamp matches the other September 3 core crawls. Elsabratt's 6-rank drop is the largest holdover swing, equal to Spotify Live's 2 to 8 the same day.
What today's Substack newsletters reveal
The mix board is not a U.S. politics dump. A Japanese column at 2 and a Portuguese-titled night stack at 9 sit beside Wolves coverage at 3 and a craft club at 5. Yesterday's style cluster (Kelly Brown, The Style Edit, Callie Coles) is gone in one cycle.
Four returning names (The Neter, Inside Wolves, Shield of the Republic, Elsabratt) are the spine. Elsabratt's 6-rank drop is the only large mover. Rank here is Substack's own trending window, not Open Library and not Google Trends.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool on the Substack feed, limited to 10 rows. The same call is how media teams pull a dated snapshot. See the Substack Trending API page for the feed contract.
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