Newsletters are growing rapidly, and it isn’t easy to keep track of them and discover new ones. These sites give you different ways to find the best newsletters worth reading.
The best writing on the internet is now hidden away in the inbox, as more and more bloggers and authors choose to save their top material for newsletters. While some sites focus on individual issues and posts, others give you a directory of newsletters by categories and genres. But in the end, you’re sure to find stuff worth following.
1. Readsom (Web): Directory to Discover Newsletters Worth Reading
Readsom is a directory of the best newsletters worth reading, much like InboxReads and other places to discover newsletters. Anyone can submit newsletters to the directory through the simple submission form.
The website showcases five featured newsletters and several others based on user ratings and recently added. You can also browse by categories such as tech, creators and creatives, startups, productivity, finance, well-being, food, life, and more.
For each newsletter, you’ll find a short description of what it is about and a background piece on the author or team behind the newsletter. Readsom also links to a recommended issue from the newsletter to get an idea of what to expect. It also seeks to be a platform like Goodreads for newsletters by letting readers write a review for any newsletter.
2. Wortharead (Android, iOS): App to Discover, Collect, and Read Newsletters
Wortharead claims that mainstream news is not worth consuming, and you’ll find better information from newsletters and blogs. So the app tries to find the best topical and news-based newsletters that are actually good and gives you a space to read them as well.
When you sign up, the app asks you to select a few interests from topics such as culture, technology, sports, politics, world issues, health, literature, and business. The app then shows a feed of recommended newsletters and blogs, which you can add to your library.
The Today section of the app tracks all newsletters and will update you when they release a new issue. You can read the issue within the app itself and even bookmark it for later.
Most of the newsletters mentioned are from Substack, although you’ll find a few outsiders too. That said, you can add any newsletter or RSS feed to your Wortharead library.
Download: Wortharead for Android | iOS (Free)
3. Inbox World and Mereku (Web): Find the Best Free Issues of a Newsletter, as Submitted by Readers
Not every issue of a newsletter is worth reading. However, once in a while, one issue contains a great article while the rest of the newsletter is pretty ordinary. Inbox World and Mereku are two places to discover that one great article to read rather than find a newsletter to follow.
In both, users can submit a link to any article originally sent as part of an email newsletter. It gets added to the main directory, which works on a simple upvoting system. The more upvotes a link gets, the higher up in the list it will appear.
Usually, you’ll get only the title, a small descriptor, and the original newsletter maker’s link. But more often than not, this information and the upvotes it got is enough to decide on whether to read it or not.
In Inbox World, you can only sort the list by newness or upvotes. Mereku offers more options for trending articles and the ability to filter by categories such as business, investing, media, marketing, startups, technology, and writing.
4. Discover by Revue (Web): Find the Best Editorial Newsletters
Twitter-owned newsletter subscription service Revue has created a directory of “editorial newsletters” to discover high-quality content. Revue defines an editorial newsletter as an email containing extensive editorial content, usually put together by people passionate about a topic. It won’t be email marketing campaigns or links to blog posts. Instead, the email itself is the main piece of content to read.
The team at Revue screens every newsletter submission to ensure it meets the criteria of an editorial newsletter. If it qualifies for the directory, the team adds a custom three-line description that tells you what you need to know about the content.
There are seven main categories you can filter the directory with: news, social science, marketing, tech, innovation, design, and media newsletter. But don’t restrict yourself to that; there are other tags and categories which you can find by using the powerful search engine.
5. Feeds Mage (Web): Find Newsletters and Blogs From Your Twitter Follows
Most newsletter and blog writers have an active Twitter account too. There’s a good chance you already follow some people on Twitter who make great newsletters, but it’s lost in the noise of the fast-updating timeline. Feeds Mage will help in finding them.
Just give Feeds Mage access to your account, and it will scour through all whom you follow to find out whether they have a blog or a newsletter. You’ll find a link to it, along with an analysis of how often it’s updated (daily, weekly, monthly, or sporadic). You can also filter the list by newsletters, Medium blogs, YouTube channels, Hey World, or others.
Feeds Mage is powered by MailBrew, which can create a custom newsletter out of blog feeds. That part of the service is paid, though.
Make a Custom Email for Newsletters
When signing up for any newsletter, it’s good practice to use a custom email address. This lets you avoid your email address being given out in data leaks. Plus, it’s easier to manage your newsletters when they’re confined to a different inbox. And it’s safer to use it for newsletter-reading apps.
The old trick to add a plus after name when using Gmail, like “mihir+newsletter@gmail.com,” but people have caught up to this trick. Today, you’re better off creating a new email account, especially given that it’s free to do so.
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