Top Culture Substacks

#1 House Inhabit

Where pop culture deep dives mingle with quality conspiracy theories, lifestyle highlights, and trending water cooler gossip

#2 The Scene

The #1 Theatre Newsletter on Substack! The Scene is your weekly roundup of the latest theatre news and the hottest topics in theatre and theatre education.

#3 The Quiet Life with Susan Cain

The Quiet Life is for people who love quiet, depth, and beauty, and is read in all 193 countries and all 50 U.S. states. Join us for art, ideas, consolations, and candlelight chats. You'll never be forced to do anything groupy.

#4 Weekend Briefing

A Saturday morning briefing on society and innovation.

#5 Nerdy Trivia

General trivia to nerd out on, from sports to history to science and beyond. Tickle your brain with free, interactive trivia, every weekday.

#6 The Saturday Read

Your guide to the best writing on politics, culture, books, and ideas each weekend - from the New Statesman

#7 Yes Theory Community Newsletter

We are here to keep you up to date on what’s been happening in the community and share some behind-the-scenes of Yes Theory!

#8 The Honest Broker

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

#9 Big Salad

Life advice, fun finds, and dating gossip — from Joanna Goddard and the Cup of Jo team.

#10 I DON'T DO CLUBS

Event recommendations for Black professionals

#11 Zillow Gone Wild 🏡

Sign up for the Zillow Gone Wild newsletter to never miss a wild home! 🏡

#12 Stroncature

Piattaforma scientifica e culturale

#13 Nameberry Newsletter

Essential news for everyone who has a name. The Nameberry Newsletter brings you weekly name intelligence, data deep-dives, and news from the foremost experts on names.

#14 The Audacity.

Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.

#15 The Parenting Guide

They say there's no manual for parenting. So we made one.

#16 INDIA HICKS. An Unexpected Journey.

British designer, humanitarian, mum of 5, India writes about her own particular pattern of living and creative rhythm. A diarist, documenting an unexpected life with a dash of history, a touch of humor, and the occasional royal reflection.

#17 internet princess

writing to make you feel crazier & writing to make you feel sane

#18 Recomendo

6 brief personal recommendations of cool stuff.

#19 Dog Juice

Dog Juice is a place where two dog dads of internet-famous dogs share and discuss some of the most-compelling, juicy and overall entertaining news that touches the world of dogs (and sometimes, other pets).

#20 Rachel’s Substack

My personal Substack

#21 The Ankler.

Giving Hollywood the business

#22 Culture Critic

Education through beauty and wonder: history, art and culture

#23 The Making Of

"The Making Of" explores the creative pros behind-the-scenes of today's top films, TV shows, documentaries and news content.

#24 Newsletter of Sherif M. Awad (Film Critic-Content Creator)

Working in Film and TV since 1990. Now Online Creator...

#25 PALM REPORT by Poolsuite

An uplifting cocktail of content exploring the good life, served weekly(ish)

#26 Perfectly Imperfect

A Taste of Someone's Taste 2ish times a week.

#27 Ari Melber

A newsletter by Emmy-winning journalist, MSNBC Anchor, attorney & music obsessive Ari Melber. Facts, fun and assorted random thoughts...

#28 Classic Movies Trivia

Trivia about classic movies, from sci-fi to Disney. Delivered three times every week.

#29 On the Circuit

A newsletter focusing on the evolving film festival circuit, new trends and keys to maximizing success. Create the ideal strategy for your film, and advance your career.

#30 Knowingless

sex, psychedelics, and social analysis

#31 Eva is typing 💬

Not your typical tales from a girl with millions of followers across her socials. Welcome to the unfiltered side of Eva Savagiou. You want in, right? 🔑

#32 Queering Reality

Queering Reality is a series for exploring and reshaping the world through a queer lens by Elizabeth Earley, a queer writer, scientist, and ex-christian with magical thinking who is also a mom and Board President at Jaded Ibis Press.

#33 Garbage Day

A newsletter about having fun online.

#34 Nameberry's Name of the Day

From the baby name experts at Nameberry, Name of the Day brings you a daily deep dive into names with history, resonance, and style.

#35 Millennial American Dream

An unapologetic exploration of urbanism, transit, and travel to help create cities that are dynamic and livable for all, this is our generational project.

#36 Behind the Veil

Dive deeper into the world of events + parties with trend reports, planning resources, and pro tips for infusing every day with a little more magic—whether you’re a bride, an event pro, a hostess… or simply love a good party. By 100 Layer Cake.

#37 Vale Tutto - di Selvaggia Lucarelli

La newsletter di Selvaggia Lucarelli. Articoli, podcast, opinioni. E sempre con la seconda versione della storia.

#38 the secrets we keep

tender stories, insights and inspiration for life

#39 Rob Henderson's Newsletter

Human nature, psychology, social class, luxury beliefs, and more.

#40 Hello, Wonderful

Creative and playful website for kids' activities and food by founder Agnes Hsu, who has been helping families get creative since 2013! Get my FREE 50 Ways For Kids To Stay Creative Guide 👇🏻

#41 Lorem Ipsum

Where capitalism does us dirty 👍

#42 Seeing Things

New and unpublished drawings and thoughts for people who want to see more of life, from a New Yorker cartoonist. Drawings, cartoons, words, live drawing, process, more...

#43 Invisible Women

Keeping up with the gender data gap (and whatever else takes my fancy).

#44 Alumni’s Newsletter

Alumni

#45 After School by Casey Lewis

a youth trends cheat sheet

#46 Tamil Brahmin's Newsletter

All the latest updates and downloads from the website.

#47 The Industry

Keeping the Film Industry Informed!

#48 Wearing Loud Socks

Art & essays around the things we care about. As a grand opening kind of thing, new paid subscribers get my full catalog of #1 bestselling thriller novels (ebooks and audiobooks worth $344.79) for free. A portion of our proceeds goes to help Headstrong.

#49 Just the Way You Are

Welcome to my Substack, where I share my thoughts on everything except cooking. I've been told that my writing sounds exactly like me in real life. So here I am, just the way I am, sharing my thoughts on life. xx-Amanda

#50 Narratively

Discover extraordinary true stories celebrating the diversity of humanity.

#51 Studio Kirkland

Infrequent email when there are updates to Studio Kirkland projects!

#52 Stranger's Guide

Explore new places and the ways that culture, power and access to different freedoms inform our lives and identities—as well as the extraordinary impact self expression can have.

#53 Gray Mirror

A portal to the next regime

#54 Range Widely

The newsletter for generalists.

#55 something to look forward to

just a little something

#56 VA's Newsletter

African stories that are smart, engaging and unconventional

#57 W. Kamau Bell asks, "Who's With Me?"

Come hang out with a pop-culture-obsessed, antiracist, lefty, OG Blerd who lives in Oakland, CA.

#58 Good Enough

GOOD ENOUGH IS CLOSED: Join the family cyclebreakers club at callinghome.co

#59 Read Max

Explaining the weird new future, one newsletter at a time. Subscribe for a twice weekly delivery of internet culture, mega-platform grotesquerie, crypto conspiracies, deep forum lore, fringe politics, and other artifacts of what's to come.

#60 Nap Trapped

Musings on motherhood, pop culture, and more written while under my sleeping toddler, probably. Weekly thoughts, roundups, trends, and more from a chronically-online Baby Sleep Educator, Podcaster, Business Owner, and Millennial Mom of 3.

#61 Gjournals

Our past, our now, our future.

#62 Minimalism Life®

Crafting a simpler life with less

#63 Embedded

Your essential guide to what’s good on the internet. Written by Kate Lindsay and edited by Nick Catucci.

#64 The Convivial Society

Thinking about technology, society, and the good life.

#65 Demystifying Culture with Gustavo Razzetti

No fluff, just the real stuff. Actionable insights and tools for building a fearless culture – without the buzzwords.

#66 Answer In Progress

Join our monthly newsletter! It's fun AND infrequent!

#67 Cause Cinema

Entertainment for good - Your guide to the best of socially relevant movies, series, and campaigns. Filmmaking for Change - Develop, produce, and release social impact projects.

#68 Tira do papel ☕️🐢

reflexões curtinhas sobre criatividade, garimpos e um... pum?

#69 Home

There should really be a section called Home & Lifestyle. But hello! This is a newsletter about books, interiors, gardens, cooking, being at home, being outside, places to stay, shopping, dogs, LIFE, plus enthusiasms, recommendations & observations.

#70 The Bold Italic

We are The Bold Italic, an online magazine celebrating the spirit of San Francisco. Brought to you by GrowSF.

#71 Monday Mutiny

Declare mutiny on the mundane and start your week with a personal, thought-provoking, or entertaining email from me.

#72 Nada importa

Emborracharse de vida. Descubrir (no es fácil) que no está todo dicho. Poner un granito de arena a eso de cambiar el mundo. Dejar de tener miedo.

#73 morning person

Obsessively-curated recommendations and reflections, best served with coffee.

#74 Finding Cooper's Voice by Kate Swenson

Normalizing the secret world of special needs parenting with humor, honesty, hope, and love.

#75 Homegrown Humans Newsletter

Hot-takes on culture, science and radical hope in a world that’s lost its mind. We grab that Third Rail and ride the lightning.

#76 Recovering

Examining current cultural trends through the lens of addiction, recovery, alcohol, and all the other drugs like your smartphone

#77 The Bigger Picture

Making sense of popular culture, philosophy, psychology, spirituality & psychedelics

#78 The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet

Everything I can't say on social media and home of The Conversation Podcast.

#79 Subtle Maneuvers

A fortnightly newsletter on routines, rituals, and wriggling through a creative life, from the author of Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

#80 The Villager

New writing on landscape, music, books, folklore, psychedelia, the natural world and other misty magical things outside the mainstream.

#81 Subversive Substack

Welcome to the Subversive Cross Stitch clubhouse. Home for our newsletters and a community of like-minded stitchers just waiting for you--join us!

#82 Beautiful Terrible Things

A newsletter about life and death and things in-between (business, tech, and culture).

#83 Butt News

we're here to watch movies and talk about butts, and we have a lot of both, don't even worry about running out AT ALL

#84 Ephemera

Writing, Art, Music, Creativity and Inspiration

#85 The Sublime

Your cozy home for discovering big ideas about a calmer, more human internet.

#86 Donkey Thoughts with Nick Offerman

More Carrots, Less Sticks

#87 BrandStrat

Curating brand stories so you don't have to. My take on brand strategies at the cross section of sport, fashion & popular culture - all in a five-minute read. Delivered weekly and for free.

#88 Beyond Parody with Bridget Phetasy

We have a branding problem.

#89 Out of the Blue

By writer and artist Mari Andrew, exploring life's full range of colors

#90 GIRLS

Girlhood in the Modern World

#91 Is My Kid the Asshole?

I bring science and nuance to parenting advice and challenge fear-mongering, shame-inducing content.

#92 Hmm That's Interesting

Culture thoughts of/for/by the Chronically Online, from that girl you may have seen on Instagram or TikTok (alas). Essays, pop culture, interviews, and literature.

#93 evil female

a cultural confessional, a kvetch sesh, and a manifesto on the relationship between aesthetics, economies, and individuals

#94 Badass Matriarch

Leaving behind an Instagram account of over 500k to create content in a more sustainable way. Let's connect on a variety of topics including motherhood, home decor, style + more

#95 Apparently

Apparently, kids grow up. A newsletter about parenting in the big kids years with a focus on tweens, trends and internet culture from a recovering mommy blogger who has always been VERY online.

#96 The Insurgence

A newsletter designed for informative critical writing & celebratory creative writing

#97 Feel Good Fatherhood

The weekly newsletter that empowers you to make confident parenting decisions. Parenting is all about progress, not perfection!

#98 Sarah Kendzior’s Newsletter

Non-fiction horror stories. Politics, history, travel.

#99 Numb at the Lodge

These heavy sands are language tide and wind have silted here

#100 zcal’s Substack