Substack
Callie Coles is rank 1 on Substack at as_of 2026-09-08T06:01:33.729790+00:00 (microseconds 729790), up from 2, swapping with Sivan Ayla Richards (1 to 2). Culpium, by Tim Culpan is new at 8 after a September 6 post said premium prices would jump as much as 150 percent at midnight Monday Taipei time. Babylon Burns is new at 10 after a Labor Day $299 vs $399 portfolio offer. Three names left versus the September 7 Substack roundup.
Top trending newsletters on Substack: September 8
Callie Coles: Lifestyle newsletter, 2 to 1. No dated September 8 essay title was isolated; the rank is the swap with Richards.
Sivan Ayla Richards: Holdover that led yesterday, now 2.
The Neter: Holds 3.
鈴音: New at 4. Japanese-language title with no English masthead in the fetches; no widely reported English-language trigger identified for September 8, 2026.
The Style Edit: 6 to 5.
Elsabratt: 5 to 6.
Conway's Case Notes: 4 to 7.
Culpium, by Tim Culpan: New at 8. Culpan, formerly Bloomberg's Taipei technology correspondent, writes supply-chain and tech-finance notes. A September 6 Culpium post introduced Tech The Money and warned prices would rise at midnight Monday Taipei time, which is September 7 into September 8.
Shield of the Republic: 7 to 9. Security-affairs newsletter; Hormuz and Iran coverage on Google News is the adjacency, not a confirmed issue title.
Babylon Burns: New at 10. Sam Kovacs's global-macro newsletter. A launch post offered annual membership at $299 instead of $399, expiring on Labor Day, with a live portfolio web app on the annual plan.
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What changed on Substack since yesterday
Three names are new: 鈴音 at 4, Culpium at 8, Babylon Burns at 10. Three left: Unhappy Place (yesterday 8), Tretas Club (9), Vanessa's Stitch Club (10).
Callie Coles 2 to 1, Sivan Ayla Richards 1 to 2, Style Edit 6 to 5, Elsabratt 5 to 6, Conway 4 to 7, Shield 7 to 9. The Neter holds 3.
What today's Substack trends reveal
The September 8 list mixed lifestyle titles at 1-3 and 5-6 with two paid-clock newsletters: Culpium's Taipei midnight price jump and Babylon Burns's Labor Day $299 offer. That is a clearer paywall-day pattern than yesterday's Tretas Club and stitch-club adds.
鈴音 at 4 is the language outlier without an English why-line. Shield of the Republic at 9 is the security leftover as Iran and Hormuz dominate news boards.
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This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool with type Substack and limit 10, pulled at as_of 2026-09-08T06:01:33.729790+00:00 (microseconds 729790). The Substack Trending API page documents the feed.
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