Top Substacks this Week: May 19, 2025
Each week, we highlight the top substacks that have been submitted to us for you to vote!
Very Tall Tales
Silly, strange short stories from a man who accidentally spent six years in a homemade sensory deprivation chamber and returned with tales that hum at the edges of reality. A tonic for the mind’s eye in disorienting times.
T.M. Anderson • Humor
Explaining the Grid
A newsletter about the electric grid, how it works, and how it is changing
Matt Estes • Climate & Environment
Authentic Intelligence
Analysis and commentary on U.S. politics, markets, and culture. Always with an eye toward data and the facts.
William Miller • Culture
La Matinal Europea
Buenos días. Soy Idafe Martín, y junto con David Carretta, y Christian Spillmann les traemos La Matinal Europea, una herramienta para ofrecer análisis, contexto y perspectiva a los interesados en la UE.
David Carretta • 2K+ subscribers • International
Rationing by Inconvenience
Miranda Yaver's Substack on all things health care access and bureaucracy
Miranda Yaver • Health Politics
Our Struggle
Writing about our struggle for sovereignty from the Parasite Class
Lucas Gage • 2K+ subscribers • U.S. Politics
Portobello Literary
Musings from a literary agent by the sea
Caro Clarke • 1K+ subscribers • Literature
Speak Now Regret Later
An unfiltered exploration of psychology, culture, and the world through the eyes of an impulsive yet remorseful professor
Michael Inzlicht • 2K+ subscribers • Culture
Uncloseted Media
Providing you with objective, nonpartisan, rigorous, original journalism that investigates America’s anti-LGBTQ landscape and elevates everyday American heroes.
Uncloseted Media • 9K+ subscribers • U.S. Politics
once upon a fairytale
Once upon a time, a mermaid and a fairy sat at the edge of dreams, weaving a world of stories and poems, spun from stardust and enchantment.
• Fiction
love, kamory
the REAL crazysexycool. you gon get a little bit of everything here, babe. heaux tales, cultural commentary, delusions, comedy, wit, personal essays, and my unhinged, impulsive inner monologue.🤎💋🌹
kamory rose. • 4K+ subscribers • Culture
The Creator Retreat
When creators get all caught up in the feelz and over-thinking, we need a little Retreat to turn within.
Teri Leigh 💜 • Health & Wellness
Kurt Takes
Former GOP, Now Democrat. Former MSNBC, Now NewsNation.
Kurt Bardella • 7K+ subscribers • U.S. Politics