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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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Feb 10, 2026

Gabriella Karefa-Johnson (25k followers) started recommending Zoë Yasemin (77k)
Started 271 days ago
Gabriella Karefa-Johnson (25k followers) started recommending Carefree Black Girl
Started 271 days ago
James Lyons-Weiler, PhD (51k followers) started recommending Rabbit Hole Ramblings
Started 271 days ago
Dean Blundell (114k followers) started recommending Ellie Leonard (83k)
Started 271 days ago
Joe Reis (47k followers) started recommending Data Governance Field Library
Started 271 days ago
Summer Brennan (50k followers) started recommending Eat Flowers, Drink Paint
Started 271 days ago
Wyndo (33k followers) started recommending Next Kick Labs
Started 271 days ago
CJ Hopkins (60k followers) started recommending Glenn Greenwald (407k)
Started 271 days ago
Grounded Podcast (41k followers) started recommending Decoding Fox News (106k)
Started 271 days ago
Cartoons Hate Her (97k followers) started recommending The Argument (65k)
Started 271 days ago
Summer Brennan (50k followers) started recommending Scott Simon (5k)
Started 271 days ago

Feb 9, 2026

Aakash Gupta (349k followers) started recommending AI Action Letter
Started 272 days ago
Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA (119k followers) started recommending Train Your Brain Games
Started 272 days ago
Jonathan Tonkin (29k followers) started recommending Jesse Damiani (7.6k)
Started 272 days ago
Summer Brennan (50k followers) started recommending Narratively (94k)
Started 272 days ago
🐺The Wise Wolf (93k followers) started recommending Katalina ~ Καταλίνα
Started 272 days ago
Jeff Warren (45k followers) started recommending Mental Health-ish
Started 272 days ago
Anna Sproul-Latimer (24k followers) started recommending Kathleen Schmidt (61k)
Started 272 days ago
Dr Naomi Wolf (186k followers) started recommending Matt Taibbi (584k)
Started 272 days ago
Alisha Ramos (125k followers) started recommending Five Fine Things
Started 272 days ago
She's So Scripture (23k followers) started recommending Hey Creative Sister
Started 272 days ago
Michael Wolff (120k followers) started recommending The Swamp
Started 272 days ago
Tom Sykes (63k followers) started recommending The Swamp
Started 272 days ago
Laurie Stone (44k followers) started recommending Auraist. The best writers on Substack.
Started 272 days ago
Alberto Romero (85k followers) started recommending Epoch AI
Started 272 days ago
Jonathan Larsen (121k followers) started recommending The Original Source by Chris Rodda
Started 272 days ago
Ivan Landabaso (62k followers) started recommending Susan | Angel Investor
Started 272 days ago
Noah Smith (691k followers) started recommending Japan Optimist
Started 272 days ago
John Oliver🇨🇦Canadian composer (192k followers) started recommending Richard Gage, AIA - Architect (21k)
Started 272 days ago
THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (293k followers) started recommending TAKING STOCK by Jessica Zweng
Started 272 days ago
Jeremy Faust, MD (149k followers) started recommending Dr. Céline Gounder (4.5k)
Started 272 days ago
The Credit Strategist (26k followers) started recommending Herb Greenberg (26k)
Started 272 days ago

Feb 8, 2026

Herb Greenberg (26k followers) started recommending The Credit Strategist (26k)
Started 273 days ago
Elena Brower (54k followers) started recommending Sara Szal MD (62k)
Started 273 days ago
Sara Szal MD (62k followers) started recommending Elena Brower (54k)
Started 273 days ago
Sara Szal MD (62k followers) started recommending ClearLife with Cecily Mak
Started 273 days ago
Sara Szal MD (62k followers) started recommending Cynthia Thurlow, NP
Started 273 days ago
Polymath Investor (103k followers) started recommending Eva Keiffenheim MSc (15k)
Started 273 days ago
Lucy Williams (99k followers) started recommending Crisp Packet by Heather Steele (3.4k)
Started 273 days ago
Steven Beschloss (269k followers) started recommending Timothy Snyder (650k)
Started 273 days ago
New York Journal of Philosophy (49k followers) started recommending Sophia
Started 273 days ago
Dr Mark Trozzi MD (59k followers) started recommending Tom Marazzo: Institutions and Consequences
Started 273 days ago
Dr Mark Trozzi MD (59k followers) started recommending Jeff Childers (250k)
Started 273 days ago
Dr Mark Trozzi MD (59k followers) started recommending Citizens' Congress
Started 273 days ago
Elizabeth Gilbert (311k followers) started recommending Darcey Steinke
Started 273 days ago

Feb 7, 2026

THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (293k followers) started recommending UNSILENCING by Jean Guerrero
Started 274 days ago
Garrett Bucks (48k followers) started recommending The Western Edge
Started 274 days ago
Jess Graves (79k followers) started recommending Katie Casper (10k)
Started 274 days ago
Jess Graves (79k followers) started recommending Lunch Break with Laney
Started 274 days ago
FOUND (152k followers) started recommending Adam Roberts (62k)
Started 274 days ago
FOUND (152k followers) started recommending Talking Points with TPG (18k)
Started 274 days ago
Anne Applebaum (354k followers) started recommending The UnPopulist
Started 274 days ago
Cool Stories About Art (248k followers) started recommending Plein Air Poetry
Started 274 days ago
Ivan Landabaso (62k followers) started recommending AI Email Marketing Prompts
Started 274 days ago
Cool Stories About Art (248k followers) started recommending Tom Anderson (2.2k)
Started 274 days ago
Neil Paine (57k followers) started recommending Sportfolio by Nikola Vuković
Started 274 days ago
Xinran Ma (51k followers) started recommending Dr Sam Illingworth (54k)
Started 274 days ago
The Mouthy Renegade Writer (73k followers) started recommending Alyssa Milano
Started 274 days ago

Feb 6, 2026

J.C. Bruce (690k followers) started recommending Mark Schulman Substack
Started 275 days ago
Neil Paine (57k followers) started recommending Fancy Stats
Started 275 days ago