Most active News & Politics Substack groups.
173 News & Politics communities are observed. None has three independent signals for the same day yet, so no ranking is published this week.
Scores come from privacy-safe daily totals reported by Subshack installations that are members of each group. A day counts once three independent installations confirm it, and a group is ranked only with at least 2 confirmed days and 5 messages in the last seven days; no message or member identity is ever stored.
Real groups observed by Subshack
Activity data is collecting
Listed after the first public observation. Scores start when three independent installations report activity for the same full UTC day; a rank needs at least 2 confirmed days and 5 messages over seven days.
The New Yorker Subscriber ChatCulture & Ideas · 640K membersAwaiting a recent shared day
Education Is ElevationNews & Politics · 35K membersAwaiting a recent shared day
Pragmatic Social WorkHealth & Wellbeing · 1.3K membersAwaiting a recent shared day
AI With SunyTech & AI · 2K membersAwaiting a recent shared day
TheEnlightenedWriter Subscriber ChatCulture & Ideas · 998 membersAwaiting a recent shared day
BLINDSPOTNews & Politics · 900 membersAwaiting a recent shared day
Things Schools Don't Teach Us Subscriber ChatNews & Politics · 375 membersAwaiting a recent shared day
Jeonghoon Ha Subscriber ChatFinance · 276 membersAwaiting a recent shared day
Bulwark+ Founders LoungeNews & Politics · 1M members2/3 signals
Drop Site News Subscriber ChatNews & Politics · 827K members2/3 signals
Racket NewsNews & Politics · 438K members2/3 signals
Glenn Greenwald Subscriber ChatNews & Politics · 307K members2/3 signals
Ken Klippenstein Subscriber ChatNews & Politics · 198K members2/3 signals
BIG by Matt StollerNews & Politics · 177K members2/3 signals
PersuasionNews & Politics · 130K members2/3 signals
Abundantia Subscriber ChatNews & Politics · 65K members2/3 signals
The EU AI Act: Newsletter & PodcastNews & Politics · 60K members2/3 signals
Onward with Ava DuVernayCulture & Ideas · 55K members2/3 signals
On Democracy with FPWellman Substack CommunityNews & Politics · 50K members2/3 signals
@jasmine’s substackTech & AI · 39K members2/3 signals
Kinjiro House: Michael and Masako YonNews & Politics · 38K members2/3 signals
The Bulletin 411: A Take on Culture and EducationNews & Politics · 18K members2/3 signals
No More MarkingNews & Politics · 16K members2/3 signals
Wisdom of Crowds Subscriber ChatNews & Politics · 13K members2/3 signals
Scott Carney InvestigatesHealth & Wellbeing · 10K members2/3 signals
Philosophy bear Subscriber ChatCulture & Ideas · 7.5K members2/3 signals
The Overflowings of a Liberal BrainNews & Politics · 7.1K members2/3 signals
The AI ArchitectTech & AI · 1.5K members2/3 signals
Cross PollinationsCulture & Ideas · 1.3K members2/3 signals
Earth Times by PatrickNews & Politics · 957 members2/3 signals
Left BehindNews & Politics · 940 members2/3 signals
The Momentum Review Subscriber ChatFinance · 333 members2/3 signals
Late for Break Subscriber ChatNews & Politics · 319 members2/3 signalsThe Global Grid Subscriber ChatNews & Politics · 315 members2/3 signals
Ground TruthNews & Politics · 259 members2/3 signals
JustTruth Subscriber ChatNews & Politics · 253 members2/3 signals
Developmental InsightsNews & Politics · 246 members2/3 signals
UNISON x REALITY Subscriber ChatNews & Politics · 216 members2/3 signals
Legally Politically Pink Subscriber ChatNews & Politics · 188 members2/3 signals
Daniel's Substack Subscriber ChatTech & AI · 52 members2/3 signals
AI Governance, Ethics and LeadershipTech & AI2/3 signals
The Alt Media with Adam Parkhomenko and Sam YoungmanNews & Politics2/3 signals
The Big Picture Subscriber ChatNews & Politics2/3 signals
The.InkNews & Politics2/3 signals
yes, it is that deep.Culture & Ideas2/3 signals
ZeteoNews & Politics · 713K members1/3 signals
Thinking about...News & Politics · 456K members1/3 signals
The Preamble Subscriber ChatNews & Politics · 318K members1/3 signals
The Social Contract with Joe WalshNews & Politics · 185K members1/3 signals
Katie Phang Subscriber ChatNews & Politics · 151K members1/3 signalsMissing a group?
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Category data & methodology
About News & Politics Substack communities
What are the most active News & Politics Substack groups this week?
No News & Politics community has enough independently confirmed activity for a public rank in the current seven-day window. Listed groups remain discoverable while signals collect.
How large is Subshack's News & Politics groups index?
This page contains 173 observed News & Politics communities inside Subshack's index of 2,563 public Substack groups. The category covers journalism, current affairs, politics, policy, and government. Metrics use a rolling seven-day window.
What is the current activity rate for News & Politics communities?
0 of 173 observed groups currently qualify for ranking, an activity rate of 0%. Here, activity rate means the share of observed groups with at least one complete UTC day confirmed by three independent Subshack installations during the seven-day window.
How responsive are News & Politics Substack groups?
A response benchmark is not published until at least one News & Politics group qualifies. Subshack reports replies per thread only from privacy-safe aggregate totals; it does not expose individual messages or members.
How does Subshack calculate the seven-day activity score?
Each complete UTC day combines aggregate messages, active participants, replies, and help requests into a score from 0 to 100. A day counts only after three independent Subshack installations report it. The leaderboard uses the mean of qualified days in the latest seven-day window; raw messages and member identities are never stored in the public index.