Substacks recommended by Finn Tropy

Recommended by Finn Tropy

[FREE 5k/month Masterclass] The exact model I used to build a $5k-$10k/mo newsletter with AI & Automations working 2 hours/day: Courses, Strategies, Tactics, AI Tools, Challenges & 1:1 HELP to grow, convert & scale revenues.

The Banana Stand

By Mark (The Banana Stand)

Stop bleeding cash. The Banana Stand is the financial manual for creators who are tired of being broke celebrities. I teach the messy systems you need to survive: cash flow, tax, and runway management. Remember this: Solvency > Growth.

Build to Thrive

By Juan Salas-Romer

Build to Thrive caters to professionals stepping into entrepreneurship and founders who want clarity, leverage, and ways to monetize in the AI economy.

Build to Thrive provides weekly insights and tips that are tested and based on solid business experience...I've found the AI prompts particularly useful in building my own newsletter.

- Finn Tropy

Wilding Out

By Robin Wilding

A humor stack about utter balderdashery. From Robin Wilding, a flawsome Canadian absurdist who writes covered in Cheeto dust.

The Operator's Handbook

By Torsten Walbaum

Actionable advice, frameworks and guides to grow your career in Tech. Based on a decade of operating experience at companies like Uber, Meta and Rippling.

Reinventing Travel

The Empowered Leader is a leadership publication which helps marginalized leaders stop surviving power systems and start leading with freedom, Influence, and authority

Pen2Profit

Learn proven, successful, realistic secrets to monetizing your writing (based on actual experience).

Stay Invested

By Denis Gorbunov

Financial freedom is the goal. I provide you with concrete investment ideas to help you achieve it.

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One weekly essay for people stepping off the default path to build lives they love, supported by work they enjoy.

The Writing Long Game

By Tom Kuegler

Learn how to grow your Substack holistically, without burnout! Master Notes, improve your storytelling, and enjoy the act of writing. No hustle. No posting on 48 platforms. Just great writing that grows your audience.

Thrive by Sean Kernan

Human stories and research to help you live better and be happier. This Substack is a source of community and top notch content.

How to Write for a Living

By David McIlroy

Writers should get paid for doing what they love. Subscribe now to get my FREE 7-day email course, Substack Launchpad.

SparkLab

By Braeden

Where ideas meet action and accountability.

Reflections on 50+ Years of Horse Breeding

By The Thinking Horse Breeder

Tired of theoretical advice & generic tips? Ask questions. Get insights, practical advice, resources, & inspiration. Master the art, science & mindset for excellence, from a seasoned horse breeder who's been in the trenches.

Jeanette is an incredible source of thoughtful insights, advice, and inspiration. Even though I’m living on the other side of the world, I’m so lucky to collaborate with her—it feels like distance doesn’t even matter!

- Finn Tropy

Product with Attitude

By Karo

AI Product Manager turning everyone into AI builders. I help you design, build and test your product, and feature it on StackShelf.app. I connect you with a supportive 10K+ community building and learning in public.

WorkmanShit

By Neela 🌶️

Join a community of humans trying to make sense of a world where work is life, life is work and both are full of shit.

Transform to Wellness with Holistic Nurse Kathleen 🕊️

By Transform To Wellness With Holistic Nurse Kathleen

Stress, burnout, grief, recovery, and real-life challenges — examined through holistic, RN-led experience-based insight.

The Irresistible Writer By Derek Hughes

Showing writers how to use words to make money and change lives. Proven tips to build an audience online.

Prompting Culture

By P.Q. Rubin

Exploring the creative frontiers of AI and tech, with a focus on the art of crafting compelling prompts and the fascinating things they can generate.

If you're intrigued by thought-provoking stories about AI and want to master the art of crafting compelling prompts, this is a newsletter you won't want to miss.

- Finn Tropy

A2S | Automate to Scale

By Marianna Nakos

Sharing weekly insights on automation, AI integration, and scaling strategies that help you save time and money.

Build to Launch

By Jenny Ouyang

Turn AI ideas into shipped products. Proven systems and showcase opportunities for builders who launch.

Jenny's newsletter connects builders who love to experiment, create, and launch products, and her in-depth stories are well-written and give fresh insights that I've found very valuable.

- Finn Tropy

Newsletter Circle

By Ciler

Your go-to source for building a successful newsletter business. In-depth interviews with newsletter operators and insightful reports on newsletter strategies.

The Systematic Writer

By Mark Thompson " The Systematic Writer"

Write. Publish. Profit. Repeat

ILLUMINATION Health & Wellness Network

By Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Guides, articles, and discussions about health, well-being, fitness, self-improvement, personal/professional development, longevity, and disease prevention with community support.

The Online Writing Club

By Kristina God

Helps you joyfully start, grow, monetize, market your writing on Substack & beyond in a soulful community of 17,000 like-minded writers, authors, dreamers & builders. TOP 25 Substack bestseller, award-winning brand manager, podcaster & mompreneur.

Old Man Talks

Finding clarity in the chaos. A gentle rebellion, where self-honesty matters more than self-help.

Artificial Ignorance

By Charlie Guo

At the intersection of engineering and intelligence. Essays, analysis, tactics, news, and more.

Stream Like a Boss® TV

By Tanya Smith

Your resource for mastering live video lead generation and business growth. Subscribe for access to my HEART 🩷 Livestream Planning Worksheet, stream alerts, & weekly tips for leveraging livestreams to get more leads!

If you're trying to grow your business but feel totally overwhelmed every time someone says "just go live!"—this newsletter is for you. Every issue is packed with practical tips, encouragement, and a sprinkle of HEART 🩷 (literally—you get her Livestream Planning Worksheet when you sign up). If you're ready to grow your audience with confidence, creativity, and consistency—subscribe. You won’t regret it.

- Finn Tropy

Sherman Alexie

poems, short fiction, essays, opinion, audio, video

Making History Come Alive

By Richard Bluttal

History non fiction articles

Ideas To Income

By Matt Giaro

Daily tips to create (& monetize) your content in your spare time. Share your knowledge. Earn more. Build freedom.

Probably Overthinking It

By Allen Downey

A blog about data science, Bayesian statistics, and more.

PubStack Success

By Karen Cherry

A weekly newsletter for new Substack creators: how to start, how to grow, and how to monetize by a writer who built a $25K+ publication that's not writing about writing.

The Part-Time Creator Club

By Eve Arnold

Get *unheard-of* growth hacks for building your thing alongside your 9-to-5.

The Weekly Hmm

By George David Marks

Includes The Weekly Ahh. Entertain your brain; feed your heart.

Weird Plants Gardening Space

By Val Garner

Weird Plants Gardening Space - A gardening newsletter for people who love gardens and plants, both indoor and outdoor. Upgrade for $7/month or get the best value at $50/year—less than a fancy plant pot or a bag of premium soil.