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The best pickleball newsletters of 2026
: Hark’s ranked listThe Dink is the best pickleball newsletter overall, the sport's biggest read covering pro tours, gear, and culture. For sharpening your game, Pickleball Union leans into tips and drills, while Pickleball.com Newsletter delivers a five-minute weekly wire from the sport's central hub. Hark's full ranking of 16 pickleball newsletters is below, hand-verified for cadence, pricing, and publisher.
The Dink
The sport's biggest newsletter: pro tours, gear, tips, and culture in a five-minute read.
Pickleball Union
A free weekly built around tips, drills, and strategy alongside pro-game news.
Pickleball.com Newsletter
A free five-minute weekly from the sport's central hub, which claims over 200,000 subscribers.
USA Pickleball Newsletter
Monthly tips, stories, and updates from the sport's US governing body, free with its Casual membership.
Hark’s top 10 pickleball newsletters
Hand-ranked by the Hark News editorial team on breadth of coverage, original reporting, publisher authority, publishing frequency, and track record. Every one is free to read, or has a real free tier.
The Dink
The Dink is the biggest pickleball newsletter, covering the pro tours, gear, tips, and the culture of the fastest-growing sport with a fun, community-minded voice. Its signup page claims hundreds of thousands of readers, and it functions as the sport's town square. Best for anyone who plays pickleball and wants to keep up with the game.
Best for Anyone who plays pickleball and wants to keep up with the game, via the sport's biggest newsletter covering pro tours, gear, tips, and culture with a fun, community-minded voice.
- Pro Tour
- Gear
- Community
- Tips
Pickleball.com Newsletter
A quick weekly digest of pickleball news drawn from the sport's central platform, which also runs tournament software, rankings, club directories, and Pickleball TV. The site claims over 200,000 newsletter subscribers, and signup boxes appear throughout the homepage.
Pickleball Union
Pickleball Union is a free five-minute newsletter for pickleball fanatics, mixing tips, drills, and strategy with news from the pro game and the sport's growth. Its signup page reports more than 40,000 subscribers. Best for players who want to improve while keeping up with the sport.
Best for Players who want to improve while keeping up with the sport, via a free five-minute mix of tips, drills, and strategy alongside pro-game news.
- Drills & Strategy
- Pro News
- Skill Building
- Weekly
USA Pickleball Newsletter
USA Pickleball has governed the sport in the US since 1984, maintaining the official rulebook and sanctioning tournaments. Signing up for the free Casual membership tier gets you the monthly newsletter plus event updates; paid Challenger ($12/yr) and Champion ($60/yr) tiers add tournament eligibility and discounts.
PPA Tour Newsletter
The PPA Tour runs about 20 pro tournament stops a year culminating in the PPA Finals, and its email list keeps fans posted on upcoming events, ticket promotions, giveaways, and tour news. Signup is a simple form near the footer of ppatour.com.
APP Tour Newsletter
The APP runs its own slate of professional and amateur pickleball tournaments with rankings and regular news coverage. Its 'Subscribe to get The Latest Pickleball News' signup promises tour updates, registration alerts, and player stories, via a form linked from theapp.global.
MLP Insider
MLP is the team-format professional pickleball league — its 2026 season spans 13 regular-season events from May through August plus playoffs and a Nations Cup. The MLP Insider signup on the homepage delivers league news, schedule updates, and promotions.
Pickleball Studio Newsletter
Chris Olson tests paddles on court and publishes measured specs with a stated zero pay-for-play policy, alongside a paddle database and comparison tools. The free email list sends new paddle reviews plus discount codes, via a form embedded on the homepage and footer.
ThatPickleballGuy Newsletter
Each Thursday subscribers get one actionable improvement tip, one video, and a dispatch from Kyle Koszuta's journey toward pro pickleball. Koszuta is best known as ThatPickleballGuy on YouTube, where he posts drills and match breakdowns. The Substack is free and reports over 2,000 subscribers.
Pickleball Effect Newsletter
Founder Braydon has been play-testing paddles since 2020 and runs a paddle database, comparison tool, and YouTube channel. The free email list promises reviews, data drops, and gear insights before they hit the public site. The signup section claims 60,000+ players learning with him monthly.
More pickleball newsletters
The rest of our ranked pickleball newsletters, #11 through #16.
Inside the Den
Branded as a publication of the US Open Pickleball Championships in Naples, Florida, it blends how-to instruction (beginner fundamentals through advanced strategy, rules, etiquette) with tournament news and insider stories. Subscribing is free and comes with a set of free instructional eBooks.
Pickleball Marketing News
Laura Gainor, founder of the Pickleball in the Sun agency under sports-marketing firm Vossberg Gainor, writes a weekly roundup of pro-tour moves, sponsorships, and brand campaigns in pickleball. It runs free on Substack with a parallel LinkedIn newsletter edition, and reports over 2,000 subscribers.
The Pickleball Lab Newsletter
The Pickleball Lab is founder Joshua Mackens' coaching business built around online courses, live coaching, and virtual video-review lessons. The site advertises an email newsletter at pickleballlab.co/newsletter alongside its instruction products. The site blocks automated access, so cadence and content details could not be confirmed.
Matt's Pickleball Newsletter
In-depth paddle reviews, honest playtesting breakdowns, and performance tips, anchored by a recurring 'The Weekly' roundup issue. The author runs the Matt's Pickleball YouTube channel, including a Paddle of the Week series, and the newsletter extends that gear-review work. Free tier available, with a paid Substack tier for exclusive content and full archive access.
Bite Size Pickleball's Newsletter
Rick Cipes, who has written for over 50 publications including the L.A. Times, ESPN Magazine, and Pickleball Magazine, has run Bite Size Pickleball since 2020 under the tagline 'Keeping pickleball interesting.' The Substack pairs with his Bite Size Pickleball podcast and delivers posts and archive access by email.
The Business of Pickleball Newsletter
A monthly paid briefing written by David Johnson, co-founder of retailer Pickleball Central, with guest analysts, published mid-month. Coverage sticks to industry matters — mergers and acquisitions, facility operations, marketing, legal/IP, and economic indicators — and explicitly excludes tournament results and play tips. Pricing is $299/year individual or $799/year corporate, with a money-back guarantee.
Hark’s Picks for Pickleball newsletters
The Hark editorial team researched each pickleball newsletter to recommend the strongest pick for every kind of reader, from a quick daily overview to deeper reporting and analysis. These picks reflect Hark’s independent editorial judgment: publishers cannot pay for placement. Updated September 2026.
| Pick | Newsletter |
|---|---|
| Best overall | The Dink |
| Best weekly news wire | Pickleball.com Newsletter |
| Best for improving your game | Pickleball Union |
| Best official source | USA Pickleball Newsletter |
| Best for pro tour fans | PPA Tour Newsletter |
| Best for the APP circuit | APP Tour Newsletter |
| Best for team-league followers | MLP Insider |
| Best for paddle reviews | Pickleball Studio Newsletter |
| Best for weekly coaching tips | ThatPickleballGuy Newsletter |
| Best for gear testing data | Pickleball Effect Newsletter |
| Best tournament insider | Inside the Den |
| Best for the business of pickleball | Pickleball Marketing News |
| Best paid industry briefing | The Business of Pickleball Newsletter |
| Best for pickleball culture | Bite Size Pickleball's Newsletter |
Recommended bundles for pickleball newsletters
Hark’s bundles make it easier to follow the news that matters to you without sorting through dozens of newsletters or hearing the same stories repeatedly. Each bundle brings together complementary pickleball publications, selected by Hark’s editors to provide a useful mix of breaking news, original reporting, expert analysis and important perspectives. Whether you are looking to get ahead in your job or a curious student looking ahead for your career, our bundles are an efficient productivity hack to stay up to date and constantly learn.
Every morning, Hark takes the most important stories from all the newsletters in a bundle, removes the duplicates, and turns them into one short audio briefing: all the top stories in about five minutes. Tap a bundle and its newsletters come pre-selected when you start your free trial; add, drop, and compare until the mix fits.
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Beginners who want to learn the game and follow the sport at once
The DinkPickleball UnionUSA Pickleball Newsletter
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Recreational players drilling to improve their skills
Pickleball UnionThatPickleballGuy NewsletterInside the Den
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The DinkPPA Tour NewsletterMLP Insider
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Players choosing their next paddle on measured data, not marketing
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