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Each month, Letterlist adds hundreds of new subscribers across our newsletter collection. These are the most popular…

Most popular newsletter subscriptions for January 2020

138 members subscribed to a total of 690 newsletters.
(Mean 5.0 newsletters per person, Median 3).

The 5 most popular newsletters in January:
The Daily Good (49 new subscribers)
Future Crunch (45 new subscribers)
Hackerpreneur (34 new subscribers)
Maker Mind (34 new subscribers)
Sentiers (33 new subscribers)

Most popular newsletter subscriptions of 2019

Since we started measuring subscriptions in March 2019…
1813 members subscribed to a total of 2554 newsletters.
(Mean 1.4 newsletters per person, Median 1).

Fewer Better Things (163 new subscribers)
Think Clearly (161 new subscribers)
Barking up the wrong tree (129 new subscribers)
The Daily Good (119 new subscribers)
Swiss Miss (115 new subscribers)
Creative Caffeine (101 new subscribers)
Maker Mind (91 new subscribers)
The Message (91 new subscribers)
Recomendo (89 new subscribers)
The Posterwomen Letter (89 new subscribers)

Most popular newsletter subscriptions for December 2019

112 members subscribed to a total of 540 newsletters.
(Mean 4.8 newsletters per person, Median 3).

The Daily Good (37 new subscribers)
Maker Mind (28 new subscribers)
Think Clearly (25 new subscribers)
Barking up the wrong tree (24 new subscribers)
Fewer Better Things (24 new subscribers)

Most popular newsletter subscriptions for November 2019

229 members subscribed to a total of 919 newsletters.
(Mean 4.0 newsletters per person, Median 2).

The Daily Good (97 new subscribers)
Fewer Better Things (66 new subscribers)
Maker Mind (49 new subscribers)
Think Clearly (46 new subscribers)
Barking up the wrong tree (41 new subscribers)

Most popular newsletter subscriptions for October 2019

134 members subscribed to a total of 469 newsletters.
(Mean 3.5 newsletters per person, Median 2).

Maker Mind (69 new subscribers)
Andrew Chen (32 new subscribers)
Think Clearly (28 new subscribers)
Fewer Better Things (22 new subscribers)
Barking up the wrong tree (18 new subscribers)

Most popular newsletter subscriptions for September 2019

125 members subscribed to a total of 630 newsletters.
(Mean 5.1 newsletters per person, Median 2).

Andrew Chen (49 new subscribers)
Think Clearly (46 new subscribers)
Fewer Better Things (32 new subscribers)
What the fuck just happened today (26 new subscribers)
Barking up the wrong tree (22 new subscribers)

Most popular newsletter subscriptions for August 2019

94 members subscribed to a total of 434 newsletters.
(Mean 4.6 newsletters per person, Median 4).

Think Clearly (37 new subscribers)
Fewer Better Things (25 new subscribers)
Hackerpreneur (21 new subscribers)
Living Beautifully (21 new subscribers)
Barking up the wrong tree (19 new subscribers)

Most popular newsletter subscriptions for July 2019

149 members subscribed to a total of 729 newsletters.
(Mean 4.9 newsletters per person, Median 3).

Think Clearly (48 new subscribers)
Barking up the wrong tree (43 new subscribers)
What the fuck just happened today (33 new subscribers)
Fewer Better Things (31 new subscribers)
The Posterwomen Letter (29 new subscribers)

Most popular newsletter subscriptions for June 2019

282 members subscribed to a total of 1109 newsletters.
(Mean 4.5 newsletters per person, Median 2).

Think Clearly (101 new subscribers)
Barking up the wrong tree (55 new subscribers)
The Posterwomen Letter (52 new subscribers)
Laura Olin Newsletter (45 new subscribers)
Brain Pickings (44 new subscribers)

Most popular newsletter subscriptions for May 2019

545 members subscribed to a total of 2548 newsletters.
(Mean 4.7 newsletters per person, Median 3).

Barking up the wrong tree (148 new subscribers)
Ann Friedman Weekly (140 new subscribers)
Fewer Better Things (130 new subscribers)
Living Beautifully (114 new subscribers)
What the fuck just happened today (111 new subscribers)

Most popular newsletter subscriptions for April 2019

171 members subscribed to a total of 986 newsletters.
(Mean 5.8 newsletters per person, Median 3).

Recomendo (52 new subscribers)
Creative Caffeine (49 new subscribers)
Atlas Obscura (47 new subscribers)
Hacker Newsletter (44 new subscribers)
The Message (42 new subscribers)

Most popular newsletter subscriptions for March 2019

236 members subscribed to a total of 1019 newsletters.
(Mean 4.3 newsletters per person, Median 3).

Creative Caffeine (78 new subscribers)
Swiss Miss (65 new subscribers)
Ann Friedman Weekly (63 new subscribers)
Jocelyn Glei (60 new subscribers)
Fewer Better Things (55 new subscribers)

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Note I acknowledge that creating this kind of top-list can create a filter bubble. People subscribe to the top-ranked newsletters because they’re popular, which perpetuates their popularity in a virtuous cycle. But for those below the threshold, it’s a vicious cycle. To help combat this ‘popularity’ filter, Letterlist is all about sharing great newsletters from emerging publishers and under-rated indie publishers. Rather than perpetuate elitism, we believe that newsletters can democratise publishing. That’s the real purpose of what we’re doing here.