Top History Substacks
Explore the past with Substack newsletters that bring history to life through compelling stories, analyses, and discussions of significant historical events.
Top History Substacks
Explore the past with Substack newsletters that bring history to life through compelling stories, analyses, and discussions of significant historical events.
#1 This Day In History
The most powerful and historical events, everyday, right in your inbox.
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#2 Historic Mysteries
Historic Mysteries provides captivating articles on history and unexplained mysteries. Interesting history topics are just a click away.
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#3 Ancient Origins UNLEASHED
Ancient Origins seeks to uncover what we believe is one of the most important pieces of knowledge we can acquire as human beings: Our beginnings
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#4 Predictive History Substack
I analyze history to connect the past, explain the present, and predict the future.
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#5 Experimental History
1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.
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#6 Brown History
Uncolonizing the past. Uncolonizing you.
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#7 weird medieval guys
the only substack that is about weird medieval guys :)
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#8 Niall Ferguson's Time Machine
Niall Ferguson's Time Machine applies historical perspective to contemporary problems in economics and politics, because the further back you look, the further ahead you can see.
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#9 Scandalous History
Who says history is boring? Discover the scandals, the gossip, the rebels, and the rule breakers...
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#10 My Life in the Past
adventures with a British historian at large! a weekly update from historian and broadcaster Lucy Worsley
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#11 History in Story
Stories and thoughts on history. Discussions on culture and current events.
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#12 Sweary History with James Fell
Those who cannot remember the past . . . need a history teacher who says "fuck" a lot.
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#13 The Humanity Archive
Every week, I connect today's headlines to the history they never taught us. For the people doing the work of staying informed.
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#14 History Can't Hide from Kahlil Greene
I share short "hidden history" lessons about Black, Native, Asian, and Latino American History. Subscribe if you want to know the truth about this country.
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#15 A History of Mankind
The entire history of mankind, in regular installments. Not just European stuff, but the history of all mankind, from the Americas to Sub-Saharan Africa & Oceania
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#16 Studying History
"This is the display of inquiry, so that the deeds of men may not be forgotten by time."
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#17 badass women in history
here to build up a community of brilliantly unruly women โ because the well-behaved ones seldom make history ๐.
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#18 Age of Invention, by Anton Howes
Tales from the history of innovation.
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#19 Wrong Side of History
It's Ed West's sub stack
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#20 Historical Snapshots
Honor people. Understand the past.
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#21 Reckoning with Jason Herbert
Historian and outdoorsman Dr. Jason Herbert reckons with history, movies, public lands, and the strange ways the past shapes the present.
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#22 Historic.ly
Our esteemed researchers are hard at work compiling all the stuff they forgot to teach you in school. Pull up a desk and get out your #2 pencils, because class is in session!
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#23 Secret History Of The World
Investigating buried architecture and real-time disclosures. From Antarctica to hidden cycles, Secret History follows the red thread others miss.
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#24 History, Etc
A weekly newsletter from Dan Jones, about medieval history (mostly)
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#25 รlfgif-who?
Biographies of early medieval English women
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#26 The Memory Hole
Forgotten or underappreciated stories and events.
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#27 All Things Tudor
Youโre in the right place for all things Tudor
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#28 Bitchy History
Bitchy History is feminist history with teeth: exposing the women erased from the story, the systems built to contain them, and the myths still pretending all of this was natural.
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#29 Londonist: Time Machine
A geeky, cheeky, thrice-weekly digest of London's history.
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#30 Matt Ehret's Insights
Historical analysis, geopolitics, cultural warfare and other studies in Conspiracy Science
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#31 History in Pictures
Old pictures.
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#32 African History Extra
All about African history: reconstructing the continent's neglected past
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#33 Alcuin Press
A collection of Useful Knowledge that built Western Civilization.
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#34 Danieleโs Substack
My personal Substack
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#35 Brooke Teegarden
History writer Poet for the humiliation of right-wing men Professional nuisance
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#36 After the Gold Rush
A thrilling true history of San Francisco and California
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#37 Revista de Historia
Suscrรญbete y recibe en tu email nuestros artรญculos de Historia.
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#38 The Onion: 20 Years Later
Reviewing The Onion from exactly 20 years ago to laugh, see what holds up and revisit cultural references we forgot about.
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#39 Raymond Ibrahim
The definitive Substack for historical and textual insight into Islam, jihad, and the millenniaโlong clash of civilizations โ written by historian and translator RaymondโฏIbrahim
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#40 Bimbo University: Extra Credit ๐
take a break from the news & queen out on historical deep dives with me.
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#41 Civil War Memory
Reflections on the History and Legacy of America's Bloodiest and Most Divisive Conflict
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#42 Non-Boring History
Join renegade historian and Brit in the US Dr. Annette Laing on her witty history mystery tour. Substack Featured Newsletter.
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#43 Cosmographia
A traveller in an antique land.
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#44 Skipped History
I use books, archives, comedy, interviews, and live performance to figure out how America got this way.
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#45 Perspectives: Past, Present, and Future, by Patrick Wyman
The biggest ideas shaping our world - its past, present, and future.
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#46 The H Files
Tracing the occult architecture beneath modern power.
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#47 History We Don't Know
Summarizing previous work, telling some new stories, and recommending ways that the United States can work with allies and partners to restore peace, prevent war, and promote prosperity.
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#48 The Medieval Scholar
Join me as I post about the rich history of culture, warfare, and great individuals of Medieval Europe, the Middle East and beyond.
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#49 The Lownie Report
Subscribe to The Lownie Report for exclusive illustrated extracts from my books, my podcast, and for articles about the worlds of intelligence, royalty and the establishment.
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#50 The Military Reading Room - History, Strategy, and Insight
The Military Reading Room is a newsletter offering in-depth insights, reviews, summaries, and discussions on military history, strategy, and leadership books, drawing from essential reading lists and expert perspectives.
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#51 PastPresentFuture
Exploring history to understand today and shape a better tomorrow.
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#52 anonfamous threads
Digs into any topic that has been hidden to the public.
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#53 Zoomer Historian
My personal Substack
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#54 Beyond Bloomsbury
A bestselling anthology celebrating artists and writers from the pastโthe famous, the infamous, and the overlooked.
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#55 Look Up London
Enjoy a new, in-depth post about London's Hidden History every Wednesday.
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#56 Grey Goose Chronicles
Stories, essays and news from across lesser known archaeology, anthropology, history and biology
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#57 Nemets
Prehistory, wild adventures, obscure tribes, & historical processes
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#58 The Joys of Hidden History
Inspirational true stories that help connect us.
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#59 World War II Today
A daily chronicle of the experience of war ...
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#60 The Grim Historian
The Grim Historian: History is Nasty, Brutish, Short, and Grim. Let these stories cheer you up.
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#61 Our Forgotten History
๐๏ธ Creator journalist, storyteller and writer. ๐ฝ๏ธ Exploring the history, politics, art, culture & heritage of Afghanistan, South Asia & beyond.
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#62 ZEITGEIST
German history, politics and culture
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#63 Boletim Cafรฉ Histรณria
Artigos, entrevistas, bibliografias, anรกlises historiogrรกficas e as atualizaรงรตes do maior portal de divulgaรงรฃo cientรญfica em histรณria.
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#64 James Holland
James Holland is an internationally acclaimed, best-selling and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster, co-host of podcast WW2: We Have Ways of Making You Talka & YouTube channel WW2: Walking the Ground.
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#65 Things From the Past
Re-living interesting events from history.
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#66 The Colour of Time with Marina Amaral
Welcome to The Colour of Time - a history newsletter featuring hand-colorized photographs and stories that are funny, moving, surprising, and occasionally impossible to believe.
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#67 ReRouted By History
Counterfactuals for the geopolitically curious. What if the script flipped? The GPS of alternate timelines. Because history doesnโt repeatโit remixes. Letโs imagine the tracks that never dropped. Instagram & BlueSky: @reroutedbyhistory
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#68 ร la Storia bellezza
Il passato รจ in movimento. Ogni settimana proviamo a raccontarlo
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#69 Hidden Gems
In-depth historical content and royal jewelry coverage from Lauren Kiehna, the writer and editor of The Court Jeweller
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#70 The Historian's Desk
A place to explore all things medieval and Tudor history
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#71 ไธญๅฝๆฐ้ดๆกฃๆก้ฆ China Unofficial Archives
ๆไปฌ่ดๅไบๆถ้ใไฟๅญๅไผ ๆญ่ขซๅฎกๆฅใ่ขซๅๅถ็ไธญๅฝๆฐ้ดๅๅฒใ This site is dedicated to making accessible the key documents, movies, blogs, and publications of a movement of Chinese people seeking to reclaim their country's history.
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#72 The Medieval Chronicle | HistoryMedieval
If youโre fascinated by the Middle Ages, its power struggles, daily life, and weird little details, The Medieval Chronicle from HistoryMedieval.com is your new reading corner.
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#73 Michael Hoffman's Revelation of the Method
Columns by controversial revisionist historian Michael Hoffman for the advancement of knowledge in defiance of cancel culture.
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#74 Odds and Ends of History
Why that thing you retweeted is probably wrong.
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#75 Vanessa Riley's Write of Passage
Join bestselling author Vanessa Riley as she delves into untold histories, reflects on current events through a historical lens, shares behind-the-scenes writing insights, author life, and culture.
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#76 History Explored
My personal Substack
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#77 Burning Archive
History for a changing world. Essays on world history and today's deep issues. Slow reads from world literature. Paid subscribers: monthly long reads, & bonus slow reads & guides. Founders: exclusive Civilizations in History program.
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#78 Second Story
A newsletter for those who love old houses and history.
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#79 Spycraft 101
Welcome to your clandestine classroom.
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#80 shieldmaidenpdx
Vikings, History, and Ourselves....
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#81 Medieval Musings
Your guide to all things medieval(ish)
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#82 Baba Was A Witch
You can't have a Baba who got called a witch and not write about women's issues
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#83 History Does You
Mostly Musings on History but also Civil-Military Relations, Foreign Policy, and the Indo-Pacific.
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#84 History After Dark
British History...with the filth left in.
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#85 History Never Ended
History Never Ended is a Substack trying to make sense of the chaotic present by reaching back into the misremembered past.
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#86 Crim's Class
Crim's Class is a newsletter exploring untold Black history, racial justice, and the power of education to transform lives - written by Ernest Crim III, an Emmy-nominated producer, public teacher and author of 'How Black History Can Save Your Life.'
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#87 Dirtbags Through the Ages
Weird, wild, and dirtbaggy stories from history, handcrafted and delivered biweekly.
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#88 A Woman to Know
Profiles of once-forgotten women from history, written by Julia Carpenter.
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#89 David Irving | Irving Books
Known for his extensive archival research and has published around thirty books, with notable works including โHitlerโs Warโ, โThe Trail of the Fox: The Life of Field-Marshal Rommelโ, and โGรถring: a Biographyโ.
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#90 Badass Women in History with Kerry Chaput
Award-winning author dedicated to badass women in history. Join me!
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#91 Great Transformations
Irregular essays on the economic history of the early modern world.
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#92 One Mic Black History
One Mic is on a mission to uncover the Black stories that shaped America History and point the way toward our future.
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#93 It's All Ancient History
The ancient world is not remote โ it is still shaping how we live now. This is your introduction to the most word-changing stories, art, and ideas that Classics has to offer.
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#94 Gilded Heiresses
Exploring the real lives of American heiresses in the Gilded Ageโthe women who inspired HBOโs The Gilded Age.
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#95 Tom Holland
Award-winning historian, author and broadcaster. New history of Rome's heyday - Pax - out now. Podcast: The Rest Is History https://www.tom-holland.org/ https://linktr.ee/restishistory
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#96 Lists of Note
A weekly newsletter about history's most interesting lists.
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#97 Michaelโs Substack
Articles and new books by Michael Tsarion
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#98 Study Marry Kill
For history cranks and fiends.
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#99 La Storia e le Idee
Meno date, piรน storie. La newsletter per chi ama guardare indietro per vedere meglio avanti.
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#100 Histories
Regular stories from the hidden corners of history. Histories uses the words of those who were there; The History of Things explores aspects of everyday life.
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