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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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Jan 23, 2026

Raw America (349k followers) started recommending Really American (164k)
Started 289 days ago
Rachel Gilmore (30k followers) started recommending The State of Things
Started 289 days ago
David Nir (131k followers) started recommending States Win
Started 289 days ago
Global GeoPolitics (55k followers) started recommending Nicola’s Substack
Started 289 days ago
Global GeoPolitics (55k followers) started recommending Geopolitics & Political Analysis by Jon Kurpis
Started 289 days ago
DIY Investor (20k followers) started recommending Sand2Server
Started 289 days ago
DIY Investor (20k followers) started recommending Monaco Trade Diary
Started 289 days ago
Michael Spencer (314k followers) started recommending Collyer Bridge (6k)
Started 289 days ago
Claire Venus ✨ (41k followers) started recommending FREQUENT CRIERS CLUB
Started 289 days ago
Laurel Pantin (64k followers) started recommending How We Love Food
Started 289 days ago
Ruth Ben-Ghiat (484k followers) started recommending Being There
Started 289 days ago
🐺The Wise Wolf (93k followers) started recommending Anthony John Orlando III (3k)
Started 289 days ago
Sergei Polevikov (21k followers) started recommending The Media and Democracy Project Blog
Started 289 days ago
Brian Merchant (63k followers) started recommending Daniel Howard James
Started 290 days ago

Jan 22, 2026

James Lavish, CFA (70k followers) started recommending Peter St Onge (42k)
Started 290 days ago
Thom Hartmann (386k followers) started recommending John Fugelsang
Started 290 days ago
Thom Hartmann (386k followers) started recommending Sen. Mark Kelly’s Substack
Started 290 days ago
Viktoria Verde, PhD (56k followers) started recommending Frederic (9.3k)
Started 290 days ago
Simon K Jones (23k followers) started recommending Sam Matey-Coste (39k)
Started 290 days ago
Graham Linehan (62k followers) started recommending Kate Clanchy
Started 290 days ago
René Volpi (34k followers) started recommending Vital Animal Substack
Started 290 days ago
Anand Giridharadas (303k followers) started recommending Delivery & Acceptance
Started 290 days ago
Global GeoPolitics (55k followers) started recommending Nicola’s Substack
Started 290 days ago
The Daily Beast (136k followers) started recommending Obsessed (16k)
Started 290 days ago
The Daily Beast (136k followers) started recommending Tom Sykes (63k)
Started 290 days ago
Gregory Mannarino (73k followers) started recommending Angelito G.
Started 290 days ago
James Lyons-Weiler, PhD (51k followers) started recommending Out Here On the Perimeter
Started 290 days ago
Aakash Gupta (349k followers) started recommending GTM Strategist
Started 290 days ago
Olga Lautman (119k followers) started recommending Firewatch
Started 290 days ago
Frank Figliuzzi (363k followers) started recommending The Drey Dossier (120k)
Started 290 days ago
Frank Figliuzzi (363k followers) started recommending Dean Obeidallah (155k)
Started 290 days ago
Frank Figliuzzi (363k followers) started recommending Rick Wilson (600k)
Started 290 days ago
Frank Figliuzzi (363k followers) started recommending Jeff Stein (84k)
Started 290 days ago
Frank Figliuzzi (363k followers) started recommending Susan Werner Music News
Started 290 days ago
The Ken Harbaugh Show (42k followers) started recommending The Save America Movement (81k)
Started 290 days ago
Jessica DeFino (215k followers) started recommending Cyborg Manifesting
Started 290 days ago
Eliant (54k followers) started recommending FUNDA (22k)
Started 290 days ago
Kate Manne (82k followers) started recommending Leah Torres, MD MS
Started 290 days ago

Jan 21, 2026

Tom Sykes (63k followers) started recommending Paula Froelich: Uncensored (13k)
Started 291 days ago
Tom Sykes (63k followers) started recommending Bill Bishop (569k)
Started 291 days ago
Tom Sykes (63k followers) started recommending Sally Bedell Smith (31k)
Started 291 days ago
Tom Sykes (63k followers) started recommending Dan Wootton (98k)
Started 291 days ago
GAYLETTER (21k followers) started recommending Troye sivan
Started 291 days ago
State of the Day (485k followers) started recommending Psychobabble
Started 291 days ago
Anand Giridharadas (303k followers) started recommending The Golden Hour: climate, children, mental health
Started 291 days ago
Rosie Mackean (44k followers) started recommending Diarmuid goodwin
Started 291 days ago
Bentham's Bulldog (33k followers) started recommending Björn (2.2k)
Started 291 days ago
Santiago Capital (23k followers) started recommending Tim Marshall
Started 291 days ago
Steven Beschloss (269k followers) started recommending SHOULD YOU CARE?
Started 291 days ago
Dr Sam Illingworth (54k followers) started recommending Yaro on AI and Tech Trends | Your Top AI Newsletter
Started 291 days ago
Dr. Julie Gurner (71k followers) started recommending Lunch At Barneys
Started 291 days ago
Rick Wilson (600k followers) started recommending The West Point History Professor
Started 291 days ago
Anna Newton (152k followers) started recommending Emily Morello (10k)
Started 291 days ago
Anna Newton (152k followers) started recommending The Hardware Store
Started 291 days ago
Anna Newton (152k followers) started recommending Sogole Kane (12k)
Started 291 days ago
Anna Newton (152k followers) started recommending The Dressing Room
Started 291 days ago
Anna Newton (152k followers) started recommending Neelam Ahooja (17k)
Started 291 days ago
Anna Newton (152k followers) started recommending Anna Eleri Hart (21k)
Started 291 days ago
Anna Newton (152k followers) started recommending Lindsay Sword (14k)
Started 291 days ago
Anna Newton (152k followers) started recommending how to wear it
Started 291 days ago