Substack emerges as solidly progressive platform with ‘liberal thought leaders’ flocking, researcher says

The increasing media level Substack is solidly liberal, with 81 of the 100 top-selling titles successful the U.S. Politics class being "left-leaning oregon progressive," according to researcher Kyle Tharp. 

Tharp, who pens the "Chaotic Era" newsletter, explained that Twitter utilized to beryllium "the go-to arena for Democratic strategists, elected officials, and a caller people of wide take-makers," but Elon Musk’s takeover of the level has pushed "liberal thought leaders" away.  

Lefty influencers person searched for a caller location and immoderate person migrated to Bluesky oregon Threads, but Tharp believes "a victor appears to person emerged" successful caller months. 

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Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta is among the wide voices who person recovered a location astatine Substack.   (Screenshot/CNN)

"Newsletter level Substack is having a moment, fueled mostly by an influx of liberal-leaning governmental and media figures anxious to stock their takes. Online pundits and anti-Trump absorption leaders similar Heather Cox Richardson, Dan Pfeiffer, Simon Rosenberg, Norm Eisen, Steve Schmidt, and Mary Trump person built sizable audiences by weighing successful connected the quality of the day," Tharp wrote. 

"Democratic elected officials—including Gavin Newsom, Pete Buttigieg, and Chris Murphy—have launched their ain publications connected the platform, aiming to turn dedicated followings up of imaginable statesmanlike bids," helium continued. 

"Perhaps astir notably for the media industry, mainstream journalists who person near bequest outlets are uncovering caller state to stock their governmental opinions much openly connected Substack. Among them: Taylor Lorenz, Mehdi Hasan, Tara Palmeri, Jennifer Rubin, Don Lemon, Jim Acosta, Terry Moran, and Dan Rather," Tharp added.

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Kyle Tharp’s "Chaotic Era" newsletter examined the ideology of the Top 50 "bestsellers" successful Substack’s U.S. Politics category. (Kyle Tharp)

Moran, who was axed from ABC News this period aft posting an anti-Trump rant connected X, rapidly joined Substack and utilized the level to treble down connected his societal media station that called Trump and White House adjutant Stephen Miller "world-class haters."

"This, portion precise hot, is an observation, a statement that is close and true," Moran said.

He added later, "It was thing that was successful my bosom and mind. And I would accidental I utilized precise beardown language, deliberately, due to the fact that he, I felt [was]… spitting venom and lies into our debate, degrading our nationalist discourse, debasing it and utilizing the powerfulness of the White House and what he's been fixed to grind america down successful that bile. And, that's precise disturbing to me."

Tharp noted that "They’re gathering a caller echo enclosure of left-leaning oregon anti-Trump commentary" 1 newsletter astatine a time. He included a graphic of the Top 50 "bestsellers" successful the U.S. Politics category, which reveals the overwhelming bulk of governmental contented being consumed connected Substack is of the wide variety. 

The institution appears to beryllium embracing the wide audience, arsenic Tharp noted that anti-Trump figures Michael Cohen, Joe Walsh and Don Lemon are being utilized successful the company’s latest advertizing campaign. He’s unsure if the level volition proceed the momentum "or if it’s simply the latest stopover for Twitter refugees successful hunt of an audience." 

"For now, Substack stands arsenic a cardinal municipality quadrate for a definite conception of the left, reshaping however governmental narratives are distributed, debated, and consumed," Tharp wrote.

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Far-left filmmaker Michael Moore has recovered occurrence connected Substack. (Andrew Chin/Getty Images)

While Substack does diagnostic a fistful of salient non-liberals, specified arsenic Bari Weiss, it bills itself arsenic "a caller media app that connects you with the creators, ideas, and communities you attraction astir most."

"Here, you tin observe world-class video, podcasts, and penning from a divers acceptable of creators who screen politics, popular culture, food, philosophy, tech, travel, and truthful overmuch more," Substack’s website states. 

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Fox News Digital's Hanna Panreck and Kristine Parks contributed to this report.