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What changed on Substack, as I read it: new recommendations from publications with 20,000 or more followers, steps up the leaderboards between reads, and writers passing a follower count.

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Oct 22, 2025

DER SPIEGEL (34k followers) started recommending Derek Thompson (182k)
Started 382 days ago
Matt Swider (151k followers) started recommending TBPN
Started 383 days ago
Wyndo (33k followers) started recommending Build to Thrive
Started 383 days ago
Brian Merchant (63k followers) started recommending Paul Kingsnorth (127k)
Started 383 days ago
Joe Reis (47k followers) started recommending Growth with Sean Ellis
Started 383 days ago
Excellent AI Prompts (154k followers) started recommending Growth with Sean Ellis
Started 383 days ago

Oct 21, 2025

Erika Dreifus (21k followers) started recommending The BethAnnigan
Started 383 days ago
Xinran Ma (51k followers) started recommending Growth with Sean Ellis
Started 383 days ago
Virginia Heffernan (32k followers) started recommending Kim France (47k)
Started 383 days ago
Virginia Heffernan (32k followers) started recommending You've Got Lipstick on Your Chin
Started 383 days ago
Hey Mrs. Solomon on Style (29k followers) started recommending #AmReading
Started 383 days ago
Jenny Lawson (thebloggess) (26k followers) started recommending Stuff & Thangs from Xanaru
Started 383 days ago
Jenny Lawson (thebloggess) (26k followers) started recommending The Elizabeth Rider Newsletter
Started 383 days ago
Royce Webb (69k followers) started recommending NBAFantasyBasketball.com by Bleav in Fantasy
Started 383 days ago
Neil Paine (57k followers) started recommending The Oracle by Polymarket
Started 383 days ago
Neil Paine (57k followers) started recommending NBAFantasyBasketball.com by Bleav in Fantasy
Started 383 days ago
mort the write or die vulture (68k followers) started recommending Novel Writers Network
Started 383 days ago
Lisa Dawson (31k followers) started recommending Rebecca Humphries (9.6k)
Started 383 days ago
Lisa Dawson (31k followers) started recommending French For Pineapple by Bianca Hall
Started 383 days ago
SEMIVISION (33k followers) started recommending Daniel Abreu Marques
Started 383 days ago
Rick Wilson (600k followers) started recommending Trojan Horses: Trump, Russia, Brexit - Democracy Under Siege
Started 383 days ago
David Lebovitz (333k followers) started recommending Leslie Brenner (Home of Cooks Without Borders)
Started 384 days ago

Oct 20, 2025

Alasdair Macleod (37k followers) started recommending Patrick Barron
Started 384 days ago
Qasim Rashid, Esq. (290k followers) started recommending Jess Craven (275k)
Started 384 days ago
Legal AF (231k followers) started recommending Tilted Scales
Started 384 days ago
Sarah Kendzior (118k followers) started recommending Sam Husseini (23k)
Started 384 days ago
Sarah Kendzior (118k followers) started recommending Dr Stacey Patton (64k)
Started 384 days ago
Anne Lamott (172k followers) started recommending Better Days
Started 384 days ago
Grace Atwood (100k followers) started recommending Ice Cream Before Dinner
Started 384 days ago
The Argument (65k followers) started recommending Lincoln Square (357k)
Started 384 days ago
Evie Magazine (172k followers) started recommending Made in America
Started 384 days ago
Talia (29k followers) started recommending Domino Magazine (56k)
Started 384 days ago

Oct 19, 2025

Joshua Coleman, Ph.D. (76k followers) started recommending Kathy Sinsheimer, MFT “Dear Estranged”
Started 385 days ago
Rod Dreher (54k followers) started recommending Balázs Orbán
Started 385 days ago
Edward Slavsquat (26k followers) started recommending A Plague on Both Houses
Started 385 days ago
The CHRO Office (26k followers) started recommending AI CFO Office (57k)
Started 385 days ago
Carl Hendrick (32k followers) started recommending Jake Cowling
Started 385 days ago
Alberto Romero (85k followers) started recommending Dylan Patel (379k)
Started 385 days ago
THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (293k followers) started recommending Ezra Levin
Started 386 days ago
Walter Hickey (63k followers) started recommending Sonny Bunch (1M)
Started 386 days ago
Explorer (91k followers) started recommending Ellie Leonard (83k)
Started 386 days ago

Oct 18, 2025

Dr Mark Trozzi MD (59k followers) started recommending Sayer Ji (74k)
Started 386 days ago
Dr Mark Trozzi MD (59k followers) started recommending John’s Substack
Started 386 days ago
Dr Mark Trozzi MD (59k followers) started recommending Kelsi Sheren (4k)
Started 386 days ago
Dr Mark Trozzi MD (59k followers) started recommending The MAHA Report (283k)
Started 386 days ago
Dr Mark Trozzi MD (59k followers) started recommending James Lyons-Weiler, PhD (51k)
Started 386 days ago
Anonymous Media Group (21k followers) started recommending My Untamed Soul Substack
Started 386 days ago
Katie of Beach Reads & Bubbly (31k followers) started recommending Voices at the Table
Started 386 days ago
Tom Orbach (160k followers) started recommending Really Good Business Ideas
Started 386 days ago
Tom Orbach (160k followers) started recommending Romina Kavcic (20k)
Started 386 days ago
Chris Tottman (82k followers) started recommending Lord Fed (50k)
Started 386 days ago
Michael Howell (78k followers) started recommending Chris Tottman (82k)
Started 387 days ago

Oct 17, 2025

Scott Ritter (100k followers) started recommending Nemo Toons
Started 387 days ago
Geopolitical Dispatch (39k followers) started recommending Common Sense and Whiskey
Started 387 days ago
Jason Chatfield (79k followers) started recommending asher (12k)
Started 387 days ago
Ellen Scherr (37k followers) started recommending Let’s Get UnStuck
Started 387 days ago
Michael Howell (78k followers) started recommending The VC Corner
Started 387 days ago
Taylor Lorenz (218k followers) started recommending Hard Reset
Started 387 days ago
Jasmine Sun (65k followers) started recommending Azeem Azhar (234k)
Started 387 days ago
Sian Meades-Williams (51k followers) started recommending Debora Robertson 🦀 (30k)
Started 387 days ago